He was dressed in fine clothes—white shirt, black trousers, shoes. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Had to ride in one of the wheelbarrows as I now had neither trousers nor shoes—they hid me under the same sacking they’d used to hide the radios, stinking of onion and cows. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“Those shoes, on the other hand, are used, and I don’t sell used shoes.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Jonas continued to work with the two Siberian women making shoes. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I kicked at the door with my shoe and called out, “Wine, sir, and a bite to eat!” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had removed his belt and shoes and unbuttoned his shirt, revealing his white undershirt. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Three pennies are in her shoe— slipping back and forth between the sock and the inner sole. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite his protestations Victor also buys him very shiny shoes and a new hat. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I clutch Octavia's hand as I blindly step into my shoes, glad to find they are at least two inches lower than the pair Effie had me practice in. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Only you would wear bowling shoes to your child’s sickbed.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He watches me for a few moments, then says, “You remind me of me when I used to be in your shoes.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Was it always so, or did they multiply vastly, along with telephones and new shoes and transistor radios and cellophane-wrapped tomatoes, in our absence? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d slipped off her shoe and was playing with my foot right under Chas’s seat, where no one could see what was going on. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Poet entertained the boy by assigning shoe types. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

My shoes are too tight, and my heart two sizes too small. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

"I'd tell Mother how you helped me, and you could stay—" "Would m'lady permit? Could I shoe your horses for you, and make swords for your lordly brothers?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He threw away the shoe box that had served as both the soldiers’ barracks and Nipper’s roost. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

We followed and found them sheltered beneath a shoe store's overhang two doors down, apparently their customary refuge. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Walt is wearing gray sweatpants, racquetball shoes, and a satin baseball jacket embroidered with the logo of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gitl had been working in the sorting shed, where mountains of clothes and shoes, mounds of books and toys and household goods from the suitcases and bags were divided up. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many evenings the fathers of the children would come out, take off their shoes, and make and sail the boats themselves. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can hear his shoes clipping on the stones, and I can tell he's trying to walk slowly enough to buy me a few extra seconds. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

There were all kinds—jeans and flannel shirts, sneakers and work boots, suits and ties and shined shoes. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

You might be poor, your shoes might be broken, but your mind is a palace. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Then I saw the note lying on top of my shoes. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Why should I help you? You treat me like something stuck to the bottom of your shoe.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nothing to worry about. Here’s my arm. Sit down and take off your shoes. Roll up your coat sleeves.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Why, look at your shoes; they’re wet as sop,” Mother said. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Dropping his coat on the floor and kicking his shoes under the bed, he switched on the bedside light while Asta struggled to pull the acorn out of the insidest pocket. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He walked slowly, brushing the snow off and shaking it from his shoes now and again. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

A thick layer of fallen needles carpeted the path, so the shoes of their mules made only the softest sound on the rock. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She was so pained at the waste of money that she couldn’t enjoy any of the new things, though she was pressed to wear the shoes home. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Haley took off her left sneaker, folded the card in half, and slid the clue into her shoe for safekeeping. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

I just don’t happen to know very much about types of shoes, that’s all. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I’m wearing my old, beat-up tennis shoes and a T-shirt that says: Virginia is for Lovers. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

Pilate they remembered as a pretty woods-wild girl “that couldn’t nobody put shoes on.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wash couldn’t see the girl from where he was unloading potatoes into the cellar of Turner’s General Store, but through the trapdoor opening he recognized her shoes. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I put in everything except my new suit and an old one and two pairs of shoes and two hats, and my books. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stanley couldn't help but think that there was something special about the shoes, that they would somehow provide the key to his father's invention. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

She leaned over to tug at the laces of the wet, sandy cloth shoes, but Ess gave a cry. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The blisters are puffy little waterbeds right where her shoes hit her Achilles. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

But he has left his shoes on, ready to bolt. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

He sat on a curb to pick a rock from his shoe, idly. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nice,” I say, not really caring about his stupid shoes. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Delia pulled her ratty tennis shoes off her feet and beat them against each other, trying to loosen the clumps of dirt from their soles. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The shot zipped past a bystander’s shoe and blew a hole in the tire of a stripped Dodge parked in the road. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

For shoes, I dig out a pair of old leather slippers from the back of my closet. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

For some reason, gazing at all the matched pairs of shoes, Jinny began to count them. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The Dutch children should all stumble in their wooden shoes and break their necks. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look down, at my hands, at the tile, at the toes of her shoes. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“O.K., Kenny,” I said to myself, “you know you’re going to be all right. Just get real calm and swim back to the land. When you count to three just go back to your shoes.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the way to the pasture, my good shoes become completely coated with mud. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

From an early age they look different, move differently, they can’t find shoes or gloves that fit. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He threw his shoes on the dry ground and hoisted himself up and out on the bank. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

And even though I’m not a basketball player, I’m wearing red Under Armour Curry 6 shoes. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Looking down at them I think, Once I wore no shoes. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

I still ironed their cotton slips and their dresses but they had to hang their clothes and polish their own shoes, and that was always a mess. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

When I woke up, I was on the tracks, the shoe in my fist. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Boxy black shoes, plus slides for the shower. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Ben tied and untied his shoes without a single recollection of having done so. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took my shoes, and watched me wind my feet in cloth to protect them from the extreme cold. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I pulled his shoe out of the mud for him and tried to clean it off on the cordgrass. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hit the ground so hard his shoes cracked the sidewalk. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

That he can tell what these soldiers are like merely by looking at their shoes tells me even more about his all-powerful knowledge. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

All we had to do was wash the bottoms of our shoes in soapy water each time we went inside. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Blue shoes, white shoes, leather work boots, Nike sneakers. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“You take the shoes and the watch and I’ll take the coat. Fair?” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

There’s a fat coil of copper wire, a tiny instrument hammer, and a two- terminal battery as big as a shoe—finer equipment than Werner has had access to in his life. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

So no one paid much attention to the little girl with tumbling brown hair and button shoes, or the fact that her shoes did not quite touch the floor. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

"What kind of shoes do you want, my Star?" You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She’s pretty, but her clothes are strange and old-fashioned, and she has no shoes. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Boys appeared wearing sports shirts and white shoes for the first time since the previous summer. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

In the case of Hush Puppies, the great mystery is how those shoes went from something worn by a few fashion- forward downtown Manhattan hipsters to being sold in malls across the country. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A slim woman dressed in the fashion of the time: long, loose chemise, narrow shoes with sharply pointed toes and high spiked heels. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

And once I’ve disappeared to the bedroom to put it on, I find an old pair of black shoes to match. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

She waved the shoe as she ran out the door, down the driveway, across the dirt road. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

A miner, shoe shiner, or a railroad liner? Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

From the splayed feet at one end of the stretcher, wearing a pair of beige flat-heeled shoes, she can tell that it’s a woman. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

"He took off his shoe and sock first." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

She felt with her shoe for a firm grassy place. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

The cement scrapes my face, and I turn just in time to see a car bearing down on me, like a giant shoe about to crush me. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I give my shins one last desperate scratch, tie my shoes, and follow. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

And some of the newfangled, colorful shoes the guys are wearing, called Florsheims. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It came with paying Booker, speaking proper, and polishing his father’s shoes. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He’s wearing these real nice shoes made of leather, I think they’re called penny loafers, and they don’t have a speck of dirt on them. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

People barter their belongings and a shoemaker and his apprentice repair shoes on the upper promenade deck. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The only workingmen they saw were the drug dealers who were up early to meet their sales quotas, wore the latest gym shoes, and got the girls. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Girls moved around in football huddles, the way they always do, wearing lots of makeup and spaghetti-strap tops and brightly colored pants and shoes that looked like torture devices. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The black tips of their shoes poked out from under their cuffs like the snouts of wily animals. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

My blazer was too long and my pants were too baggy and my shoes flopped around. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

It’s hard trying to follow your shoe instead of your shoe following you. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

The half-eaten scone still sat on the plate; the shoes, including the muddy ones, were still lined up neatly; and the tiles in the turquoise fireplace gleamed. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

When he had put it on, they went to the stables, and there was his charger scratching on the cobbles with a sparkling shoe. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

A little to the left of the shoe I saw a vague heap of blue cornflowers on a white ground and this made me want to cry. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

In her room, Laila set aside old blouses, old shoes, books, toys. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

When I checked my watch, it was six thirty and I still had not bought the shoes. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Mam said, Look at you.Your shoes are drenched and you’ll catch your death and your father will surely get the pneumonia without a shoe to his foot. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Jack Ketch darted forward, his polished black shoes almost soundless on the leaf-mold. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

The wooden clogs I wore were terrible for crossing icy patches and clomping through snowdrifts, but I was still better off than those who had lost their shoes, or never had any to begin with. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

As he drove, Roberto could not stop talking about his new job at the shoe store. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

When Mrs. Murdo was there, shoes got picked up and put away, spills were wiped off the furniture, and Poppy always had on clean clothes. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know if Diego was joking about the dress code, but I would have worn clown shoes and a tutu to get out of my house. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Then I jammed out my cigarette on my shoe and put it in my pocket. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I brushed the dirt on the ground flat with my brand new shoes and kneeled down. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“You begin tomorrow,” said the old man, and Hugo ran off down the empty hallway, careful not to click his shoe heels on the stone floor. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

A pair of sneakers with fluorescent laces, TF in black on both shoes. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Our breeches were our own, and varied, and did we walk without shoes, we could pass as a miserable coffle being led back to captivity or to some new scene of degradation. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I wish I were the kind of girl who remembered things like bras and shoes and purses. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I staggered and tripped my way over the uneven ground, took out Izio’s shoes from beneath the coat and threw them in two directions. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The Belgium Army men all have shoes and guns and they come marching right straight through here sometimes, on their way to somewhere. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

My usual church shoes no longer fit, so TJ gives me a pair of low heels he got from school, and I can barely walk in them. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Grandma would always make me take time to polish my saddle shoes. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

My shoe slipped on the wet bark on my first step, but I caught myself and took a more careful second step. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Even though he resented the way his father took this duty for granted, he derived a guarded satisfaction from his custodianship of his father’s shoes. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jinny looked at the pile of shoes, the tree, the island rising behind the beach. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The last few fields, furthermore, became increasingly muddy and I deliberately refrained from shining my lamp on to my shoes and turn-ups for fear of further discouragement. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“They’re not nice people. Look at their shoes—they wear sandals made from car tires.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

While the machines hummed softly in our hospital and white-soled shoes whispered up and down the halls, a catastrophe was roaring down upon this child of a mother. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

While Howard gathered up the old shoes to have them cast into silver ashtrays to give to reporters, Smith got a farrier to design special new turn-gripping shoes. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first, all he was aware of were the heels of the shoes beating rapidly against the floor, and he wondered if Lalo and the afternoon customers in the bar downstairs could hear it. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, he spotted an old pair of cotton shoes and a worn military uniform. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

She still had her hat on, and her shoes were dusty, as though she had been walking in deep dirt. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

I balanced the handle of the pail on the jutting tip of the metal faucet and waited for it to fill; the pail slipped and water drenched my pants and shoes and stockings. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m still waiting on Daddy to buy me pants and a belt, and shoes that ain’t worn through the soles, so I can look like the boys here in the North. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

The president lay on the waiting room floor, where dozens of people had walked that day, their shoes and boots carrying soot, dirt, and horse manure from the street. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Many items are rationed—meat, cheese, butter, lard, coffee, sugar, silk, nylon, shoes; our entire way of business changes as we work with those flimsy blue booklets. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

People still get their shoes repaired, despite all this chocolate, they don’t just toss them out at the first hint of wear. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

But he sounded as if he did, and Jonas was eyeing him as if he did, even as he pulled on some shoes to go with Finn back to Charlie’s. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

We hurried past the biggest houses I had ever seen, past shops and taverns and manufactories, past city folk walking like their shoes were on fire. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“First I’ve got shoes for all of you from Lovely Orchid,” Moon Orchid said, handing them out to her nieces and nephews, who grimaced at one another. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was the acne-ridden clown with duck feet in floppy shoes. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Opening the back door, I kicked at the bottom of Gabriel’s shoe. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

We pulled and pulled but it seemed like the harder we pulled, die harder the boot sucked the shoe back in. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have red shoes, she thought—that goes with being Eleanor; I dislike lobster and sleep on my left side and crack my knuckles when I am nervous and save buttons. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure what to do with the shoes. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

The second her shoes touched the mud, she bolted to the right, ducking around the nearest PSF’s hands. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

In his room, Ben packed his gym shoes and trunks into a blue zippered bag that had the Marine Corps seal stamped in white on the outside. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The policeman had a big orange leaf stuck to the bottom of his shoe which was poking out from one side. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Uhmma and I remove our shoes and step off the sidewalk. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Henry stopped to watch them at a distance, resting the ferrule of his umbrella on the toe of his khaki-gaitered shoe. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

We had no shoes; we feared laceration, and walked with care. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“Make my coffee light and sweet, shine my shoes, pick up my dry cleaning, all for not a single penny: What else could you want?” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

The kind when the streets seem to be melting—the blacktop actually sticks to my shoes as I’m walking back to my pad from dropping the bets off to Archie. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘That certainly is a nice way to talk to me while I trying to put on your shoes and socks.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I was half way between waking and slumber in the dark corner of the stockade, shivering beneath my blanket—my shoes once again my own—my spirits ebbing with fatigue. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“If the shoe fits, put your rusty foot in it.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was lost in the staccato thud of his shoes hitting the pavement, the huff of his breath, the metronome of his heart. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

When we lined up our shoes at bedtime, I could see from the way they curled up at the toes that we really did walk the same way. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

A tall ebony-skinned woman in a lime green jumpsuit ran by him, and he caught her tennis shoes in motion. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“And these ridiculous shoe ration coupons,” says Madame Ruelle, the baker’s wife. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

My socks were always black with coal dirt when I took my shoes off at night. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I watch Michael go up the lane with the sole of his shoe broken and clacking along the pavement. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I’d changed into my sneakers too quickly today and hadn’t yet tied my shoes. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He had no rope, only die bowstring and the other cut shoe-string in his tennis shoes— which were by now looking close to dead, his toes showing at the tops. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shook my head and huffed, so mad that I could've untied my shoes and flung them into the stands. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

“Um, I was just...You know, trying to do some water magic? I got my shoe wet.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I yelled, and when Grandma and I yanked open the door a stranger was standing on the porch mat, like one of those church ladies dressed in shiny shoes and a Sunday hat. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the middle, his shoes stepped on eggshells. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

And Mr. Canton was standing behind his desk, probably so he wouldn’t scuff up his shoes. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

The sidewalks, if you took your shoes off, burned. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Shin was putting on his shoes in the school dormitory when his teacher came looking for him. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Alex slipped off his shoes and, carrying them in his hand, hurried down. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

He had just walked out from under a freeway overpass when the shoe hit him on the head. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

My feet felt clumsy, and when I looked down I saw that my shoes were already tied. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

We go to my rooms and she puts me in a full-length gown and high-heeled shoes, not the ones I'll he wearing for the actual interview, and instructs me on walking. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

"Shined shoes, shoed shines," it rang in my head. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

They crossed the broad stone plaza, then a modest rock garden, then waited as Constance shook the gravel from her shoes. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

We both got a piece of chalk and we marked where the shoe landed. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Men in straw hats and ragged pants and shirts, with torn sneakers or flip-flops or leather shoes without laces, were gathered around a cockfighting pit. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

She must have thought the situation was pretty urgent, though, because she usually won’t leave the house in sweats, and I noticed she hadn’t even taken the time to put shoes on Jeffrey. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Take off your shoes and loosen your belt," Spoon said. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

On her feet were large, unfamiliar shoes—white with the hint of a heel, and laces tied in big, perky bows. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

James kicked up the toe of his shoe. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Madame Reynaud could soak it in wine and lace it with spice but, hell, an old shoe would taste good with that treatment. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

By six A.M. he’s in the hotel lobby in full dress, polish on his shoes, pistol case snapped shut. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Now Dad is leaning in to kiss her forehead, and I look away all awkwardly, pretending to inspect the bottom of my shoe. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The shoe poet scavenged through abandoned luggage as we walked. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She found some flat-heeled shoes in her suitcase, picked up a pair of panties, and took them all into the bathroom. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“Hello,” she says low, slipping off her shoes. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Yes!” said Haley, pulling off her shoe so she could show everybody her clue card. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

I feel sorry for the little old lady who lived in a shoe. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He felt every step—the rub of his wet socks in his shoes, the burn of his wounded leg, the ache in his hand—but he also felt more himself than he ever had before. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“You need food; she needs vodka,” Kevin said, finally pulling off the shoe. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Hadn’t even thought about it when Johnny Cakes bought me the shoes. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A pie made out of shoes and flies and molasses?” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps Roberto will get me a job at the shoe store too.” The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

But I know the whole thing about shoes has to do with the way she grew up. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I slipped on my warm-ups and carried my shoes in one hand so I wouldn’t squeak on the floor, and I left. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Laughter resounded through the gym as Mumford rested his arms on his prominent knees and stared hard at the laces of his new shoes. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He regrets not having brought his running shoes along; he could have done a few miles on the treadmill before preparing himself for the event. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He makes sure he does not disturb the arrangement of her shoes on the floor, but steps over them and disengages the back panel. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Jinny cried as he tossed the faded shoes into the air all around him. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

We walked back to O-Hall and kicked off our shoes before opening the door and climbing upstairs. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The knit cap was pulled down on her forehead and her shoes still had no laces. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite the risk of hookworm, she removes her shoes. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had gray and black skater shoes and dark blue socks with sharks swimming and swimming up around my ankles. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Mom kicked off her shoes and removed the scarf from her shoulders. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Books, papers, shoes, football helmets, baseball bats, dolls, trucks, bicycles, musical instruments, lay everywhere and were used by everyone. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Between the long march in the impossible shoes and the scant and awful breakfast, how could they now work all day? Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

They almost jingle as they hit the floor, and then roll, coming to rest against the toes of Tobias’s shoes. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The toes of my shoes slipped over the concrete floor, struggling to gain purchase. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He sighs, drops his head in defeat, and then pulls off his sweater, his shoes, his hat, his gloves, and his jeans, even though it’s freezing out. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Miscellaneous other expenses, including clothes, shoes, and personal items such as toothpaste, quickly exhausted what was left. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Why, even without shoes, I felt almost civilized. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

The shoes they have are falling to pieces. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

We proceed behind her up a wide stone staircase, the clatter of our hard-soled shoes on the steps echoing like a drumroll. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

And I stand in the surf and it comes up and over my shoes. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She practically jumped off the bed, and then she waited while I took my shoes off, and then I danced with her for a while. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

The best reflection I had ever seen of myself disappeared with the shine of her shoes. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry, Yossarian. I’ll get your uniform. But why was that girl hitting Orr over the head with her shoe? Please tell me.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

When he was younger, Toby had coveted the expensive basketball shoes everybody else wore. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t staring at me either, he was kind of looking down and kicking at the dirt with his raggedy shoes. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

One morning, my roommate and I were in our tight five-by-eight room, sitting on our respective wooden chairs, shining our shoes. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Theresa takes off her roller skates, but then begins to cry because she can’t find her shoes. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her house shoes slap against the floor as she takes the few steps toward me. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“I see your left foot is hurting, isn’t it, lad?” interrupted the shoe poet. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

My mother says to wear black so young is dangerous, but I want to buy shoes just like yours, like your black ones made out of suede, just like those. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

His sharp blue eyes paused for a moment on Fadi, who looked down at his old tennis shoes. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I take a quick shower and see that Ellis’s shoes are on the floor in the bathroom. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

He pulled on his muddy shoes and went to gather wood, blowing on his cupped hands. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I walk out of the records room, and my shoes squeak on the tile floor as I run back to the hotel. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I reveled in the feel of the ground through my shoes, the taste of the air, the quiet hush of wind brushing through the spring wheat in the fields. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She had to stop to check the laces on her shoes. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He had more than one uniform, and several pairs of shoes. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Candace pulled a bottle of lotion the size of a shoe out of her backpack. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

I felt a crazy urge to take this murderer’s shoes off and put him to bed. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He had no shoes at all and his feet were wrapped in rags and cardboard tied with green twine and any number of layers of vile clothing showed through the tears and holes in it. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I’m sitting in math, and the teacher has this loose sole on his shoe, and every time he takes a step it makes the rudest noise you ever heard. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

It’s them Italian leather shoes of hers, I guess. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Dad kept pounding with the shoe and I had to run back through the house to the backyard tap for more water in the kettle and the pot. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Then I grab for my cloak, toe on my leather shoes, and am out the door, palms starting to sweat. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

They were mostly thin, beautiful women in formfitting dresses, and heavyset men in what Luke’s dad and brothers called sissy clothes—shiny shoes and clean, dressy pants and jackets. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

One of the shoes lightly taps my left boot for what I realize must be the second time. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

On the rez, you know every kid’s father, mother, grandparents, dog, cat, and shoe size. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

He rose while the boy slept and pulled on his shoes and wrapped in his blanket he walked out through the trees. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Those without shoes were the first to fall behind and die. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

At some point he gets up, laboriously removing his shoes and socks, and walks calf-deep into the water, regarding the surroundings with his hands on his hips, his chin thrust pridefully into the air. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The hardcore officers would sometimes make me remove my shoes before going inside. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Habitually putting himself in other people’s shoes, he was in his private life charming and engaging, generous and genuinely empathetic. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

In his mind, she arrives at the door with a box of Nike shoes for him. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

She spent the day under Mack’s bed happily eating up his shoes. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Roza turns on some charm and persuades her to buy a pair of shoes, too. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

First, they took my jumpsuit and shoes and incinerated them. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I untied my shoe to extricate it and then turned it over, looking for the wind-up key, but I couldn’t find one. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He takes Mam’s sharp knife and he hacks at the tire till he has pieces to fit on the soles and heels of our shoes. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Not looking too blooming in her new brown kid shoes with two buttons—the idea! Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

“I said ‘pleasant people’, you know,” and Meg carefully tied up her shoe as she spoke, so that no one saw her face. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

So he wasn’t surprised to see a black shoe lying on its side just off the path. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was hard to do anything but shuffle in the shoes. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

“He didn’t used to wear shoes. Now he wears dead Jon’s.” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

He didn’t know about Dante’s war against shoes. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Always springing for new wrestling shoes, even as Luke outgrew two pairs in one season. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

His work-roughened hands wrapped around her pink shoes, anchoring her legs against his chest. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Although, I have to admit I thought stealing his shoes went a little too far. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

At sunset, after an impossible day of driving, he pulled to the roadside, kicked off his tight shoes, laid himself out in the seat, and slid the gray Homburg over his weary eyes. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I put my shoes on top of my camp chair. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

I have never been this close to his shoes before. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he won’t stop till the soles and heels are covered with squares of rubber tire which stick out on each side of the shoe and flop before and behind. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The little shabby shoes stood in a row before the furnace. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well,” I said, chuckling, “the shoes give me a couple of inches. But yes, I’m tall.” Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

But Pablo fell and got up, Green on his shoes, With the football Out of reach. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She took off her shoes and socks, slid the socks over her hands to protect them, then put her shoes back on. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I visualize his shoes, black, well shined, impenetrable, keeping their own counsel. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once I’m in the hallway, I tie my shoes and smooth my hair down. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The cook sat down, her face red from the heat and emotion and the boiling and stewing going on about her, took off one great leather shoe, and used it to fan her face. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

With my wild zoot suit I wore the yellow knob-toe shoes, and I frizzled my hair up into a reddish bush of conk. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Barbershops, shoe stores, and other businesses lined the street. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

They weren’t surprised that she was frozen mid-step, one black-and-white-striped stocking and a black clog shoe stretched ahead, not quite touching the ground. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He finally found what he was looking for, holding up a pair of shoes similar to the pair I wore. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But no matter what I do, and despite myself, I am pulling on my snowpants, wadding my skirt in between my legs, tugging thick woolen socks on over my shoes, stuffing my feet into boots. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was too old to shine tourists’ shoes or sell lottery tickets. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

The first thing we do is take off our shoes. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tied her shoes, threw a wool cloak over her skinny shoulders, and knotted it under her throat. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Her heart raced even faster than the patter of her shoes on the sidewalk. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Hornet had bought him a new pair of shoes. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I kick off my shoes and cut through the water, diving deep. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

There are plaster drips here and there, including on his shoes, and a scuff of it on his pants. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

The store clerk who wouldn’t let Kay try on shoes because she didn’t have a silly piece of cardboard. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I tuck the blankets back around Helena, slip on my shoes and coat, and act like I’m going out to the toilet. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

At once Will kicked it away, his shoe connecting with the hilt, luckily for him, and it spun across the lead and came to rest in the gutter just beside a drainage hole. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She would have suffered. My family would have never accepted her as an equal. You don’t order someone to polish your shoes one day and call them ‘sister’ the next.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he slips the shoes off his feet and hands them to a migrant. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Kelly pulled a bucket of shoes from under her bed. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

I stuff my feet into my open shoes. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

On his feet were cheap, low-cut civilian shoes which he had bought for his father’s funeral. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wash was pushing aside a desk when he saw it: Naomi’s other shoe. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was crying when I finally climbed down the stairs with my shoes over my shoulder. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

His shoes slap down on the old porch planks. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Harry unlaced his shoe and pulled the broken string to even lengths so he could tie it in a bow again. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Next came his legs, but at the last moment his shoe caught on a piece of jagged metal. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Her father with a shock of hair like a bristle brush stiff with shoe polish, rolling his large sleeves up to his elbows while the scar at his temple gleamed white. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The simplicity of the remark unhinged his brother who went by a wall and found something of interest in the skirting board which he worried with the tip of his shoe. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I packed the brushes Maxim had given me, a nightdress, my dressing-gown and slippers, and another dress too and a pair of shoes. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

We round a corner, shoes squeaking on the tile, and an empty hallway with a mirrored ceiling stretches out in front of us. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The railroad tracks are littered with broken dolls, old tires, dead dogs, and worn shoes. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Fumbling to get my shoes on, I felt the same old grief I’d known in church every single Mother’s Day. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was wearing a red george wrapper and pink blouse and her shoes were flat, a shiny black. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

No sooner had Leon placed the wedding ring on Lonna’s finger than the boy kicked off his shiny black shoes and ran away. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hair was smoothed to perfection, his canvas shoes a chaste white, and he looked sporty in his linen knickers, his belted coat with a boutonniere of Queen Anne’s Lace, and his ribbed, knee-length hose. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Ten dollars a week would buy about fifteen fried chickens. Or five pairs of shoes or five dresses. Or installments on a radio.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Served him right, we thought, for his meddling, for trying to draw Mother back into that world of gabardine dresses and cream shoes. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I carry the shoes and socks and the linen tablecloth Mrs. Cohen gave me. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Last, I slip on her black velvet shoes—which fit me perfectly—and tie the dainty strings around my ankles. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why would anyone wear shoes on the Cape? It’s like wearing a wet suit in the bathtub.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“Hell, no,” Bull answered, gingerly inserting his foot back into his shoe. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shoes flapped around on the ground until the wings folded up and disappeared. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Miraculously, she puts on her dress, her underwear, her socks and shoes, and we’re out the door. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stand in front of a mirror looking at my dress and my first shoes with a heel on them. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Robotically he got into his clothes, though when he reached for his shoes he saw that only one was hanging from the forked bough. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, my shoe glanced harmlessly off the side of his calf. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

There is nothing wrong with using which to introduce a restrictive relative clause, as in The pair of shoes which cost five thousand dollars was hideous. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

A woman in a shoe shop pointed her toward the Common. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He stopped at the bottom of the stairs and put his shoes back on. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

They could travel from one culture to the next on unwashed hands or used pipettes; they could ride from lab to lab on researchers’ coats and shoes, or through ventilation systems. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

She takes off her shoes and socks and places them neatly in the shade of a palm tree and runs straight for the water. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

"Did the shoes have red X's on the back?" Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He caught the shoe and threw it back at Ignatius, whom it hit squarely in the face. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

So Siddhartha will come again when he has what he is lacking in—clothes, shoes, money. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel the sickening impact of the skull against my shoe. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I slip out of my shoes, tiptoe quietly into the guest bathroom to strip off my wet clothes, and hang them over the shower rod. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

By then Mary Alice had come out on the back porch, wearing her tap shoes. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

They came in their Bermuda shorts and smart linen dresses and shiny shoes. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why, Diana,” he said, “come in. You must be freezing in that thin blouse and skirt. And look at your feet. Where are your shoes?” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

He’s handsome, wearing polished black shoes and a neat orange button-down shirt tucked into his ironed pants. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thump of a thousand Jackboots was now the shuffle of ragged shoes; instead of the roar of tanks, the crickety click of cart wheels. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

The pebbles from the holes in the bottom of my shoes pinched every step, but I didn’t slow. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

The shoe and sock would go on my right leg, which had an actual artificial foot. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“I know a shortcut,” Bekhir said, and he drew a simple map in the dirt with his shoe. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I took off the shoes and walked in the snow. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, you’re welcome to join us, Ms. Brennan, or even just to keep observing. But in this dojo we do ask that you remove your shoes.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Boxes arrive in Tegucigalpa bearing clothes, shoes, toy cars, a RoboCop doll, a television. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I was intrigued by her strange, flat-toed shoes, badly frayed, worn down by the boards. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

In time, his left leg had shortened and he had to wear a special shoe with an enormous platform that he made himself. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men descended on the large shoe store next to the city hall, shouting as they threw hundreds of pairs of shoes into the street. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Cold to the bone, he put on his shoes and socks, which were still wet. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Mosca had taken the toolbox away from Victor before he left, but the detective always had a bit of wire and some other useful items in the hollow heel of one of his shoes. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“For the last time,” Beatrice said menacingly, “what’s in that shoe box?” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bugs buzzed around their ankles and past their eyes; brown earth stained their hands, and pebbles got into their shoes. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She thought she saw a blush rising; but a moment later, Old Chao had both his shoes on. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Quickly, she jumped up and threw one of her shoes at him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The way she talks about herself reminds me of Du Barry discussing a worn-out pair of shoes. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The students cheered and triumphantly threw the mutilated shoes into the air. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was dressed in khaki shorts, a blue shirt, and tennis shoes—so that at first glance she was like a very young boy. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Overnight someone must have removed his shoes and socks. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“You can’t try on shoes unless you use shoe inserts,” she tells us. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t had shoes for so long that I never even thought about them anymore. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Next day they could run farther, and soon their shoes were oiled and put away and they ran barefoot all day long. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slip my feet into my shoes, slapping at the mosquitoes that have already whizzed into the tent. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

She shuts her door and her shoes start squeaking across the floor toward the coat hooks outside my classroom. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t hear anything except for the sound of my saddle shoes pounding the ground and the thud of his feet close behind me. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She nudged my shoe and gave me the sad brown eyes. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I put on the blue dress and the shoes that went with it. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

And they were the type that seemed like they’d rather sit down and eat their own shoes before they’d put you out in any way. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She invited them to eat, gave them clothing and shoes, and taught them how to read and write. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

It was awfully tiring, all this marching, especially when you’d gone and lost one of your shoes. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Marti once heard a story "about a bug embedded into the sole of an officer's shoe when he sent them to the local cobbler. So," she added, "no one had shoes resoled in Moscow." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Leafie had slipped her shoes and stockings off; I did the same. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I kicked off my shoes but decided not to undress, at least for a while. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I blocked everything and everybody out. I used to be so particular about cleaning the house. I got to the point where I’d see a shoe, and I’d just kick it over.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“You scratched these shoes badly, Dad, the last time you wore them. You got to be more careful with these babies.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But keep the lid on the shoe box.” Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Without his even realizing it, the wings sprouted out of his shoes and lifted him a foot off the ground, then back down again. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“The shoes, Gitl, I dropped the shoes outside. They’ll know it was me out there. What will I do? What will I do?” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few feet beyond their shoes was a sheer, dizzying drop. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The rat suddenly leaped for her shoe and scrabbled its paws on her leg as it squealed with rage. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Next I could hear the hospital guard's leather shoes tapping across the polished linoleum floor. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

The old man yelled something after him, but all Hugo heard was the clicking of his own shoes echoing off the station walls. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Mordred wore his ridiculous shoes contemptuously: they were a satire on himself. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s wearing a summer suit with no tie and fancy shoes. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the man’s shoes came off, and someone picked it up. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I led him into the billiard room where I stoked the fire while he sat down in one of the leather chairs and began to remove his shoes. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

They were girl’s shoes, for one, something close to the size of the battered sneakers on Hazel’s feet. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Besides me being humiliated by it, my mother would whup my butt if she knew I had let some dudes swipe my shoes. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

In this building the only sound is of our squeaking shoes. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you go to the ball wearing just one shoe?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bought a new suit of clothes and some shoes. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

He mastered how to bury his pity every time he asked a young black man to shine his shoes. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

No one wears shoes indoors, and there’s always the faint scent of food lingering in the air. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

If your pointe shoes are too slippery or satiny, you can walk over to the trays, step into them, and grind the resin dust into the smooth fabric. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

It was impossible not to notice that she was wearing those wild fishnet stockings and tippy high-heeled shoes that made her about five inches taller than normal. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

We’d seen it a hundred times, but we took our shoes off, put our feet up on the coffee table in the living room, and enjoyed the heck out of seeing it again. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“When they caught him, he had rattraps stuck on his shoes. That’s how come he couldn’t run away.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now she wore a dull skirt, no shoes, and no makeup. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Been there. At least you had shoes on,” Tally said. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I look down at my shoes and wish I could disappear. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

With a sharp sense of style, they stripped Joel Moskowitz’s shoe store of its higher- priced and more fashionable models, leaving only some orthopedic offerings and a few Florsheims. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“It’s all because 1 clocked her with that shoe, isn’t it? Gaga or not, she’s still got a memory.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was dressed up as usual, in khaki pants and shirt and brown shoes. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

And her warm leather shoes, while everybody else wore handmade straw slippers, or even nothing covering their feet at all. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I started trying to get Joey’s shoes out of her boots. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Going over where it lay on the floor, he hooked it up with the toe of one high-top shoe to see it better. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

We are marked as self by the chemicals we leave beneath the soles of our shoes, as unmistakably and individually as by the membrane surface antigens detectable in homografts of our tissues. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still wearing her shoes and stockings, she walked off towards the bathrooms. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bull turned his attention toward the closet, inspecting the arrangement of shoes, the hanging clothes, and the shelves. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Stupid! These new shoes! A grasshopper couldn’t walk in them!” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Laia’s a person, Helene. Someone’s daughter or sister. If you or I had been born to different parents, we might be in her shoes instead of our own.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

My frantic search uncovered a plethora of random objects—clothing, shoe brushes, buttonhooks, photographs of wives and sweethearts, tins of wax and pastes—things that seemed so ordinary, so human. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Squeaking shoes, a large coat, even larger than the man inside it...Dussel is returning from his nightly work in Mr. Kugler’s office. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Marigold turned back to the shoe in her hand, just as the mail truck’s tires began to scrape across the gravel parking lot. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The prettier of the two leaned over to her friend and said loud enough for all to hear: “The country boy is not used to wearing shoes,” at which her friend laughed. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled on my dry stockings and stepped into my new shoes even though they rubbed fierce on the popped blisters. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was still in her bathing suit, but she wore her sea-green running shoes. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I started imagining the shoe pushing all the way through, rubber hitting cement. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The mud was so thick it pulled his right tennis shoe off, and when he groped to find it the mud held his arm, seemed to pull at him, tried to take him down. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

She went into the kitchen and came out with a cardboard box, a little smaller than the shoe box for Papa’s work boots. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hard soles of his shoes rapped loudly on the metaled road like a giant clock, and he made himself think about time, about his great hoard, the luxury of an unspent fortune. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I removed my shoe and cut it into pieces. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

A pair of fancy red high-heeled shoes that were clearly too big for her. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I knelt down and tied my shoe like it was a very important thing I had to do. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

They gave me a disposable slate-gray jumpsuit to put on, with matching plastic shoes. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I cracked an eye to discover a little humanoid figure trying to hide inside my shoe, but it had gotten tangled in the laces. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Bigger saw the shining tip of the man’s black shoes; the sharp creases in his striped trousers; the clear, icy glinting of the eyeglasses upon his high, long nose. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I kicked my foot up onto the toilet to untie my patent leather shoes. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The curtains drawn, shoes taken down to be cleaned, the towel laid out on the chair in the bathroom and the water run for my bath. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Can you take off the shoes?” he asked. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Everything she wore was white, including her shoes. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Robin was sitting on a crate, drumming the heels of her high-buttoned shoes against its side. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sissy trotted along beside him on her tiny high-heeled shoes and cast a spell over him with her soft fluttering voice. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grimly, he poked the toe of his shoe through the shards. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The snow has stopped falling now, but enough has collected on the ground that it squeaks under my shoes. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I could hear Danny’s capped shoes tapping against the outside hallway floor. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I peel off my shoes and socks and sit at its edge. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

You need your running shoes and your sandals and your boots. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

When winter comes, I’ll have shoes on my feet instead of rags and straw. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

He laced my shoes and put my cap on and we went out. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

A pair of worn shoes poked from one end, pointing at the sky. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Gusty looks down at himself, his shoes covered in grass clippings. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

She wore sneakers, because they were the only shoes she had. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Plus, if the cops were out looking for a kid who stole track shoes, they might show up where the kid might be using them. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

And her shoes pinch; she takes to wearing three pairs of socks and a pair of Etienne’s old tasseled loafers. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I put the shoes back in the bag. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

It went with his elegant clothes, his shoes with woven vamps, the glaze of his hair. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

With difficulty, he kicked off his shoes and stood up. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The Nazi regime had seized the estate from a wealthy Jewish shoe manufacturer. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

When I first walked in these shoes, I tripped on my toes and fell, but by the end of the first day I could walk from the tree to the gorge in half the time.” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

If such tennis shoes exist I am to earn them. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

One by one Miss Bimp’s students come out, sweaters over bare chests, shoes with no socks, jumpers with no shirts beneath. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her shoes clatter against the wooden planks faintly, under the heavier sound of soldiers' boots. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The Humbug shuddered down to his shoes, and Milo felt the tips of his fingers suddenly grow cold. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a sound: a shoe against loose rock. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He took another step forward and his shoe hit a mattress. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He’d have to have silver shoes to be worth that much. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Along with her pretty shoes, Kit’s spirits sank lower at each step. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I prop Miss Celia’s head on a towel, take off my shoes so I don’t track the blood over the house, and run for the door. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Mud spattered my horse and stiffened my shoes. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“I need tennis shoes” is how I end the scene. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

“So everyone is scared to get in the water, and suddenly you kick off your shoes, Amir agha, and take off your shirt. ‘There’s no monster,’ you say. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Red dirt wafting up around my mother's newly polished shoes. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

And he bent to lace up his tennis shoes. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

She smiled, putting the lid back on a box that contained more practical-looking off-white shoes. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

They were both young and looked almost alike in their white jackets, white trousers, and white shoes. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“You can return to your seat now,” she said, and I walked back as fast as I could, my shoes making a flat sound on the cold marble. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

With each hard rub, the shoes cry for my help. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I scrambled to my feet, hung my pajamas on a peg, pulled on my visitation dress, and slipped on my funeral shoes. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I may not know how Scout’s overalls feel but I think I know how Snow White’s shoes feel because now I know why Snow White was happy. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like a library in there, tall stacks of rods, shirts, hats, pants, shoes and jackets, and tennis rackets and inflatable rafts lining the narrow aisles. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

She turned to him, looking not at his face, but at his shoes — old moccasins he wore as if they were slippers, the leather at the back permanently flattened. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

He jerked and the shoe was pulled off, falling back into the car. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Rows of shoes lined the shelves, and a painted track on the floor circled the entire department. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

She had also found time to wash and mend my workaday clothing, and patch my tom shoe. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

A green, slimy, and foul-smelling substance was stuck to Stans shoe. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Papa Georges hates having shoes in the house.” The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

You girls too young to be wearing shoes like that. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kicked and thrashed and stomped, but his boots were thick—no match for my shoes’ soft soles—and his muscles were like rocks after decades of hard labor against the earth. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked for his black shoes, found them plaster-dust white, tried to clean them off. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

They don't wear men's golf shoes with the spikes still attached. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

She’s packing at least five grand worth of orthodontia, but has great shoes. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile she remained slumped sideways in her desk, her legs with the blue knee socks shoved out, revealing the worn heels of her shoes. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

As quickly as she could, Francesca made her way across the lawn, her shoes caked with mud. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Kevin brought him a ladder so he could climb all the way to the top to look for shoes and watches. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Across the aisle Alvin Hooks rested his chin in his hands, drumming the floorboards with the heel of his shoe, impatient but not dissatisfied. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

A pair of shoe tips peeks under the edge of the canvas. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Her shoes keep squeaking down the hall so I have to walk-run to catch up with her because there’s No Running In The Halls. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nothing. Pair of shoes I had half-soled. Not until tomorrow, you hear?” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

She reckoned up what a braid and a pair of shoes had cost her. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I dart into shoes, emerging to see him still moving in a path parallel to mine. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I unlaced my right tennis shoe, wriggled my foot out, and removed the mound of tens and twenties Pa had given me. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Ophie entered—her shoes wet because she’d poured out the water too fast in her excitement to go to a movie—she paused on the threshold at the twin expressions of Cook and Mama. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Jeremiah took off his flip-flops and slipped the shoe on his right foot, leaving his left foot bare, and took the field. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

After that day, each morning he’d find a handsome new pair of shoes on his workbench. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

My feet, they are completely happy with these shoes. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Afterwards she could not walk for a week, her feet would not fit into her shoes, they were too swollen. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Probably just a shadow,” Reynie suggested, fumbling with his trousers and shoes. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

If you have rubber tires on your shoes you’re all alone with your brother and you have to fight your own battles. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

His shoulders still drooped, and he still wore no shoes nor shirt, but he seemed a little less sad. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Poppy said they had been wandering with dazed looks by the shoe shops where the streets get narrower when he stopped to offer directions. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t recognize her; her dress looked brand-new and crisp, and her shoes shone in the sunlight. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I'm so weak, I can hardly put my shoes on. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

He looked to be in his late twenties and wore a black suit, black shoes, and a black hat. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Unlike anyone in the camp, the cutter had assembled a complete extra set of winter clothing and shoes. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Then as I continued to polish the shoes and buff them, Miss Volker walked over to her needlepoint map and stuck a red map pin into Mrs. Hamsby’s roof at A-41. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Hazel turned one of the stink bugs over with the toe of his wet tennis shoe and the shining black beetle strove madly with floundering legs to get upright again. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wash made a motion as if to throw the shoe. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

And he bought the first shoe she had had in his life not made by a woman, and they were black velvet shoes such as the Old Lord had worn flapping at his heels. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

What would happen if I put the name in my right shoe? In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

This time when he tried to cross, his shoe grazed the wire and he plummeted to the ground, and that was how my father immigrated to Holland. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“What the—” the soldier yelled, but Mark cut him off by throwing his other shoe at him, this time smacking his chest. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He rubbed handfuls of dirt on his shoes; then he crawled to the river edge. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ll never fight with friends over who gets the better bowling shoes or who gets to be Wolverine when we play video games. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Now,” she said, “I am just going to take the shoes down for Robertson Ay to clean. Behave yourselves, please, till I come back.” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

I have a wide black elastic cinch belt with an imitation gold clasp buckle, and flat ballerina shoes of velveteen that scuff as I walk and bulge out at the sides. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

For a fleeting moment she wondered if Mother would consider buying an ambassador a pair of high-heeled shoes. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I don’t need to be able to look. I can hear that he sits. The sounds of his feet stop. And I don’t feel his teeth on my shoes.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

I pull off my shoes and coat and set my keys and phone beside the neat stack of Finch’s clothing. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

In good times, when wages were up, the family might enjoy a little extra mutton on the table or a new pair of shoes. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He pulled off his shoe, and using what little energy he had left, used it to smash open the storefront window. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

She wore a blue smock and rubber shoes, but when she was around him Jaime was convinced he heard the tinkle of the glass beads she used to wear. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two tuxedos, complete with shoes, and a beautiful rose silk dress with beading on its neck and hemline. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Various shoes, stockings, and socks were scattered in between. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

I handed him my paintbrush, slipped my shoe back on, and walked off with Connor down Main Street. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I feel a soft kick on the heel of my shoe. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I remember what Mrs. Brook said about practicing empathy and I go into the living room and look at Dad’s shoes. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad was kicking off his shoes and loosening his tie. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I kick off my shoes and carry them so I can move even faster. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He stared deeply into the gloss on the shoes. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My shoes melted crossing this big patch of burning flowers.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

She takes her shoes off, sits on the sofa, and lets out a sigh. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The wandering boy and the shoe poet marched in front of our cart. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Her voice mingled with the crowd and the squeak of shoes on the court, then faded out. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Mai already has running shoes because she uses them in her high school gym class. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I plopped it into the toe of one of Gay’s favorite shoes. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

No sign of her shoes here either—what has she done with them? All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Bending over to scratch the flea bites on my calves, I smell something else—manure— and notice a clump clinging to my shoe. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looks at me, then down at her shoes, and I know she isn’t lying. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I hear shuffling and the squeak of a shoe. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I kicked my foot out of one shoe and threw it as far as I could into the woods to the right. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She didn’t say anything, just put the towel down on her bed and climbed up and sat down cross-legged beside it, dropping her shoes neatly to the floor. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I am grown my mother will still have my shoes. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just this perfect Now. after g’reenville #1 After the chicken is fried and wrapped in wax paper, tucked gently into cardboard shoe boxes and tied with string . Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

That would be so disgusting, I could never, ever wear that shoe again in my entire life. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

The man took his broken shoes in hand and made his way out of the crowd, his cut pants flapping. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the gentlemen hurried to the tavern, his eyes traveled from my head down to my shoes and back. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her shoes seemed frail, and Celaena took a few steps back, ignoring the guards at the door as she lifted her feet high and set them down to test the strength of the shoes. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Might as well let the other shoe drop. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Scrape it off her shoe or just keep going with it hanging on. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The woman was lying on her bed in a purple dress that fastened at the neck with a cameo brooch and reached midway between her knees and her shoes. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Kay reaches for a pair of strappy black suede heels and before her hand touches them, a white clerk grabs the shoes. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Your shoes—the shadow of your shoes—were still visible in the light coming under the door. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“It is too a real sport. I’m real. You’re real. The tennis shoes are real. The street is real. And the rules we establish—they’re real too. What more do you want?” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Then Joe wandered about, looking in unlikely places for his shoes, and at last found them where he had left them under the bed. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

They dressed me in my black velvet First Communion suit with the white frilly shirt, the short pants, the white stockings, the black patent leather shoes. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Your honor is your own,” Taran answered coldly, “and so is your steed. What stone is in your shoe, Prince of Pen-Llarcau?” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

He’s taking off his shoes and putting his bag on the bench for a pillow. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I said a cuss word in class,” I say, staring at my shoes. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Before the end of class, Ms. Steck takes the shoe box off Clay’s desk and tallies the votes. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

I grab Caleb’s arm as I stumble over the man’s shoes. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

It is better to be a shoeshine for people who don’t wear shoes. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she turned her loose, the girl reached down as slow as she dared and took something out of her shoe. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

My sweaty shoes do not care what those pages have on them. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

She never had to go without shoes in the summer or share bathwater with her siblings. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“Good. You can start by giving me them designer shoes and that three-hundred-dollar watch you got on.” The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

If she had had little bound feet, the toes twisted under the balls, I would have jumped up and landed on them—crunch!—stomped on them with my iron shoes. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked down at my shoes, rubbing the tape off one with the sole of the other one. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Her shoes squeak down the hall to the gym very fast and we follow. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She glanced at the shoe box of unpaid bills. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Miri had on new shoes that looked like they cost a bazillion dollars. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She imagined dew-dampened grass batting at her shoes and the legs of her trousers. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He pulled off his hat and stood there looking down, like his shoes were all of a sudden real interesting. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you could see that far—which you can’t—you’d see a hole in the deck between the shoes of the big young man, the one with the bow.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

In the middle of it was Bunny, his face resting on the tweed elbow of his jacket and one foot, still in its wing-tipped shoe, dangling off the edge of the bed. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He kept his shoes shined and his brass polished. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

And Tess got an entire outfit, brand-new shirts and shoes and pants, and bandages and rubbing alcohol and even a bottle of aspirin. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He chipped at the dirt with his shoe. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The courtyard was littered with clothing, broken crockery, shoes, books, and various personal items. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“This is all that’s left of your things,” I tell him, holding up his shoe. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Cigarettes dangle from manicured fingers; tiny dogs wait patiently for owners to finish espressos; every female foot is shod in a high-heeled designer shoe. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I should be crushed that less than a month into my junior year of high school, my latest girlfriend kicked me to the curb like a pair of too-small shoes. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

I also put on shoes to protect my sore feet. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The corridor, he noticed, was slick with the snow that had melted from the shoes of passersby. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

To order shoes from a catalog, you stood on a piece of brown wrapping paper, and your mother drew a pencil line around both your feet. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He still had his orphanage shoes on, and it looked like the suit might be a couple sizes too small, but he looked terrific. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Tally shivered at the sight Without a blanket or shoes, she’d frozen in the cave all night long, even huddled in David’s arms. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“We’ll fix those up for you. I already have some people at the church who said they’d donate their kids’ old shoes for you to wear, too. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

If Jonas received bread for working indoors on shoes, we must certainly be getting an entire turkey, I thought. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Etienne comes down grumbling, one shoe on, and the whole kitchen goes quiet while Madame Manec fixes his tea and sets it on a tray and Etienne carries it back upstairs. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The glamour reminded Kaztauskis of how little he had: “I felt poor and my shoes got very bad.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Black shoes sat on the worn Persian carpet beside the bed. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Each Christmas, black families would celebrate by taking children of all ages to the Indian place on First Avenue to be outfitted with cheap garments, and some, the extremely lucky ones, with sneakers or shoes. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through the soles of my shoes, I felt the shuddering with increasing intensity. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Do you want good shoes or don’t you? Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

Leaving my shoes on the sand, I creep into the pond up to my shoulders, my bra and underwear sticking to my goose-pimply body. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

This particular summer afternoon, in a dusty geological library in Vienna, Sergeant Major von Rumpel follows an underweight secretary wearing brown shoes, brown stockings, a brown skirt, and a brown blouse through stacks of periodicals. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I looked at her, in house shoes, her breasts turgid, her belly heavy and high. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Man, put some shoes on,” I say, but he ignores me. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

She closed her hand around one of the dance shoes. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the Yang house, shoe removal is part Chinese tradition, part Mrs. Yang likes people to be comfy. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He was trying for the twentieth time to reach his shoe, which contained a few useful tools for emergencies hidden in its heel, when the door behind him opened. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

We pulled off his shoes and flung them into the street, and all the people on the other side suddenly had eyes and dove for the shoes. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

He has galoshes that buckle on over his shoes instead of leather boots waterproofed with bacon grease. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s right. Like hitting your father in the ear with a shoe heel.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Once he had the uniform, Jack was issued shoes with wooden bottoms and ankle-high canvas tops. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Cupboards were dangerous to open because clothes and books and shoes would cascade down and some of his books were heavy enough to inflict real damage. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I read the dates and notes on each piece of paper, the oldest note became unstuck and fluttered to the ground, resting beside my shoe. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

She sat upon a bench threading a long needle in and out of a shoe sole and she stopped and held the needle poised and her mouth gaped open and showed her blackened teeth. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Some boys under the minimum age would write the number 18 on a piece of paper and insert it in their shoe. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

In the midst of painting the blacking on his worn shoes he looked sideways up at her. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

As I might have expected, my shoes came off in the suction of mud and water, and I tramped after my friend in my drooping socks. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“There’s mercury in white shoe polish. Fights off the arthritis. Fit as a lad, I am.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I stared at the tops of my shiny new shoes. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Ulysses climbed into the shoe box, and Flora dutifully lowered the lid on his small face. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

“Very good! Let us dance and celebrate. Tonight we sleep as aristocrats,” said the shoe poet. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Did you bring shorts and your right shoe?” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

He’s sitting in an elevated chair, his shoes supported by a metal rung. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“You know, those white men with funny shoes, stockings, and wigs signing the Declaration of Independence? Ben, come on. 1776?” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Amanda’s legs are uneven, so she wears these thick corrective shoes that make her look like Frankenstein. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She wearing a white lace blouse buttoned up like a nun, flat shoes so I reckon she don’t look any taller. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The recipes, the herbs, the wine, the preparation that goes into a good venison dish would make an old shoe a gourmet’s delight. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

His shoes are a shiny black with white wing tips. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“Look what we got!” he exclaimed, dangling a pair of worn and soiled tennis shoes in front of me. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

He did not work in the yard, help in the house, wash cars, shine shoes, or anything. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle rushed out and bought a pair of dogskin gloves, some ugly, thick shoes, and an umbrella, and got shaved à la mutton chop, the first thing. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t find any water shoes on the shelves, so my old pair will have to do. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I wear wooden jeans, sandpaper socks, and anvil shoes. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

And then she says: ‘Being Mexican doesn’t have to mean you’re poor.' And I just want to tell her: 'Mom, this isn’t about poor. And it isn’t about being Mexican. I just don’t like shoes.’ Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Twice in his black despair, Mack reached under the bed and caught her and put her in bed with him for company but she squirmed out and went back to eating his shoes. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet it was his mother, Eliot had thought, in her cuffed, beige shorts and her rope-soled shoes, who looked odd. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

And suddenly the thought of Lenina was a real presence, naked and tangible, saying “Sweet!” and “Put your arms round me!”—in shoes and socks, perfumed. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Eighteen in tap shoes,” Shawn says, with one strange, lazy eye distracting me, “and six in jazz flats.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The shoe was ripped like it was made out of paper! The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

A single abandoned shoe, which somehow seems creepiest of all. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Back then, good girls only wore black shoes. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

In those days, children wore heavy, practical shoes that felt like they would outlast a steel monument, so whenever you could go barefoot, you appreciated it. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shake away the thought and take a navy skirt, black dress shoes and a light blue blouse with a pattern of blossoms on it. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

During the summer we went barefoot, except on Sunday, and we learned to resole our shoes when they “gave out,” as Momma used to say. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

We walk in and take our shoes off in the mudroom. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Sometimes they would leave gifts on my sleeping bag, like a pair of jelly sandals with silver sparkles that I thought were the greatest shoes I ever had. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

We go out to buy new, expensive running shoes and better socks. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

My eyes looked at the shore, where my shoes were sitting safe on some rocks. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I go upstairs, wet shoes squeaking against the floor, and shut the door to my room. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Dad’s sister, Aunt Anne, was an ample Victorian who wore full, sweeping skirts and high ground-gripper shoes. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hair gel, perfume, aftershave, and a hint of shoe polish almost knocked me over. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

For a few moments they scuffled on the tile, their shoes leaving streaks on the cabinet doors, and then Trip got Moody into a headlock and the fight was over. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The next thing Toby noticed were shoes squared up and pointed at him. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She eased her heels out of her shoes. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

A man of immense dignity and achievement, a lifelong devout Christian, and a man with a dangerous heart condition, was treated like a barnyard animal by men who were not fit to tie his shoes. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was glad Zero put the shoes on the parked car. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

"He was so dead tired, he didn't hear the burglars when they broke in. They stole us blind. They even stole my shoes and my under—" The grandmother remembers it is indelicate to say so. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

As he had suspected, there was a small, jagged stone wedged far back behind the shoe. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Mom was thrashing around so hard that her shoes fell off. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She aimed a kick before she remembered she wasn’t wearing any shoes. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Another pair of legs, wearing brown men's shoes, appears in the space Mina has just crawled out of. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Her thick shoes shushed her through the grass toward us at a surprising clip. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a black shoe with a two-inch platform nailed to the bottom. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I was jealous of Adah, who picked up languages easier than she could tie her own shoes. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She puts my feet into little red shoes. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I once wanted these white moccasin- type shoes that were the fashion in those days, and I bothered Tateh to buy them fior me so much he got sick ofi me and relented. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pushed at the bones with the toe of his shoe. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Only then did my mother take her foot off my chest, slip her shoes back on and exit my room. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Maybe they were full of spare new shoes—Finn saw that the picture on the side of the nearest shoebox was of the very same sneakers he wore on his feet. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

My feet, heavy with my soaking tennis shoes, feel El Norte beneath them, but they do not pause. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Just tell her a guy brought her some new shoes.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Industry was dressed in a gray suit and shiny black shoes. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He kicked the snow off his shoes once more, brushed it from his hair, and thought he probably looked like a dang fool standing there in the snow. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

I wanted to be off but my shoes had glued themselves to the floor and I had to hold on to the sides of the coffin to remain standing. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were all pretty much empty, because all the shoes, and stinky shorts, and towels took up about half the space of the entire trunk! Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Every day the hulk took one drink from the watercooler and went once to the bathroom, stumbling between the presses into the back of the laundry, big shoes clumping. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew at once that he had done the right thing; though he appeared to be standing in water, his shoes, feet, and robes remained quite dry. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He removed two buckets of stuff from the couch—it looked like mostly shoe heels—and flopped down on the cushions. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

My light was still on, and I was sitting fully dressed on the bed, with my shoes on. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

If she didn’t keep her feet digging forward her crushed-down shoes would fly off. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I’d been trying not to pay attention to Mr. D, but he was kind of hard to ignore in his neon orange leopard-skin warm-up suit and his purple running shoes. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Cooter looked at his shoes and Pa looked at me. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

He walked toward the bedroom, but stopped short when he saw Twinkle’s shoes facing him in the doorway. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The other wears a shoe that has been constructed since the dawn of time. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

“I remember when that was a hell of a lot of money to me, too. Keep the shoes. I swear, ain’t no strings attached.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She imagined his kicking her with his leather shoes, screaming for coffee, screaming and crying until his mother and Laxmi came back to fetch him. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

His transgressions were small ones, always: shoes on the wrong feet, schcolwork misplaced, failure to study adequately for a quiz. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You did the shoe thing already...and got her clothes?” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

They were shoes that called to Hazel’s heart. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

When there was nothing left to kill, they even ate their starched collars, their leather shoes—anything that could be chewed and swallowed. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Do you notice how scuffed his shoes are, as if he doesn’t care anymore?” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

A black boy offers to shine my shoes, and while I’d like to let him, I don’t have a cent to my name. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

It was under the pew behind us so I crawled under ours, over the kneeling bench, and stretched to get the shoe. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t take my eyes off her tiny shoes. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Red bows holding up each curly ponytail, silver shoes, and a white ruffly dress. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Because I have a strand of spaghetti stuck to the heel of my shoe. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

I ask as I stop to tie my shoes. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was wearing a regular shoe on one foot and I had the rabbit slipper from Mrs. Howard on the one that was twisted. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

These cloud shoes, they speak to me as plain as anything. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

I stored them all in a shoe box under my bed and would go through them sometimes, just to pick one out to copy-sketch. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

There were red shoes, and you thought they might make you graceful. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He would not know what to make of it if she wished to buy shoes! The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Tally noticed that like his shoes, his clothes were all handmade. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Heavens above,” she murmured, taking off her shoes. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

We were naked, holding our shoes and belts. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked down and realized she’d just put her shoe through a human rib cage. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Her footsteps squeaked, and Tally smiled when she saw that Shay was wearing grippy shoes. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He crossed and uncrossed his legs, resting one of his white tennis shoes on his knee. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

My shabby hat, too broad about the brim, and my low-heeled shoes, fastened with a single strap. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She stopped me so fast I spun right out of my shoes and they went shooting up the hall. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

They no longer had the glue of Gran keeping them together, and they fought over their memories, her jewelry, the clothes in her closet, her shoes, even. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

The only sound in the empty school was the slap of his tennis shoes against the checkered floor and the drone of the janitor’s vacuum coming from the teachers’ lounge. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I steal away down the back hall, step out the door, then tug my shoes on and head toward a black sedan that is idling in the driveway. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

There was nothing here to help him—not his money, his car, his father’s reputation, his suit, or his shoes. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stare at his shoes, and for some reason, seeing them just makes me even madder. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

She washed her hands and inspected her shoes and stockings and wiped a dark spot from the toe of her right shoe. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

And even five minutes before the game, in the dugout, he bent down, pretending to tie his shoe, and closed one eye and prayed: “Please let me win this ball game.” Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mare was moving so fast her shoes sent up blue sparks when they struck the pavement. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Once in a long while, buried some- where in all the brambles, I caught glimpses of some pure, deep blackberry love—like when she helped me buy my first pair of shoes at the market. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like shoes taking away the tough leather her bare feet had grown, the City took away the back and arm power she used to boast of. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

His shoes would be auctioned, and it was expected that they would sell for over five thousand dollars. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

She decided to change her shoes because they didn’t match her dress, and left to catch her bus. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I had several special church dresses and one pair of black patent leather shoes I saved just for Sunday church. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It reminded me of the old rag Dad used to polish his dress shoes. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“But, Eva, dear, your shoes are carrying your most valuable possession—your life. Do not delay. Everything else can be replaced,” said the shoe poet. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

—Jack Henry Abbott, In the Belly of the Beast Officially, the dark, squat building was the Special Housing Unit, abbreviated SHU and pronounced shoe. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They walked arm-in-arm; he in his patent leather dancing shoes and she in her high laced kid boots. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Out of sticks, palm fronds, salvaged shoes, glittery jewelry, two suitcase wheels, and evening gown scraps, Taylor had built a found- object beauty queen sculpture upon which she placed a scrawled sign for a sash. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

They pulled heavy woolen stockings over the woolen stockings and the shoes they were already wearing. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I guess I was proud of my family, with our ragged shoes and stringy hair; we were still kings among men. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The other mothers dressed up for mass, wearing black lace mantillas on their heads and clutching green or red or yellow handbags that matched their shoes. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

His needs were obscure to me, and what I could perceive of them seemed to me ridiculous, laughable, like a fetish for lace-up shoes. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

She bent down and pulled my shoes off like I was four. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I pulled the newspaper out from my cap and quickly removed the pages lining my shoes. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Her shoes killed her. I keep telling them, but they don’t listen. Poorly made shoes will torture your feet, inhibit your progress. Then you will stop.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

His feet were cracked and caked in dried mud; he had fought without shoes. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

With the gray suit, she wore a cherry-colored tarn pulled over one eye and vici-kid high buttoned shoes with spool heels. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rather than looking at the door, then, the orphans looked down, and saw that although Count Olaf was wearing shoes, he wasn’t wearing any socks. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

How many kids are we talking about who began wearing the shoes in downtown Manhattan? The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knocked the snow from my shoes then planted myself in front of the desk. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I kick off my shoes and start unrolling my socks. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

I look at my shoes, polished up nice the way my grandpa used to insist for formal occasions. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I hold the sealed letter as I kick off my shoes. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“I’m betting Dante’s going to encourage Legs to chew up all his shoes.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

A night on the town meant a nice waistcoat and jacket, polished shoes, and bowler hats. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Some had holes in the knees of their trousers, or shoes with the heels coming apart. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He’s leaning on the table I’m wiping, wearing a gray T-shirt, old jeans cut off above the knees, running shoes with no socks. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t talk, Hannah. Just get into this cloak. Where are your shoes? Here, hold out your foot, quick! Now — ” There was not a moment to spare. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

The other kids took their shoes off before they squelched around in the mud, but I figured with my artificial legs, everything would be just fine. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

I stop, thinking, while my friends kick off their shoes. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

"I have to go shoe a horse," she said sweetly, taking a brief satisfaction in the shock on the septa's face. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Not the shoes of a man who ran. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Do you remember that girl who was hitting me over die head with that shoe in that apartment in Rome, when we were both naked?” he asked with a look of cunning expectation. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I asked, “Can’t we just throw the shoe and mark it with the piece of chalk? The farthest chalk mark is the winner. Simple.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

It was rumored that the Italians carried knives, even the girls, and that the morenos had brass knuckles in their pockets and steel toes in their heavy shoes. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

‘Tour shoes make a par-ticular sound and you have a particular smell.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Her mother absently patted her on the head, put on her shoes, and hurried out the front gate. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Vonetta and Fern as usual nipped the heels of my tennis shoes. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just hiked my pants up and let my shoes do the talking. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He tossed his tennis shoes across the street with all his might and anger. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

He did not have on stockings or shoes. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turned, and there he was in the night sky, flying in from twelve o’clock with his winged shoes fluttering, Grover, holding a tree branch the size of a baseball bat. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Several women are sitting in the chairs and on the sofa, with their shoes off, smoking. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

She scooped up her shoes from beside the bed and threw them in after her dresses. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He was downcast and burdened with self-approach when he stepped without noise from the colonel’s office on his rubber- soled and rubber-heeled brown shoes. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

On a hot September morning, I wake up in my childhood bed, slip on the huarache shoes my brother, Carlton, brought me back from Mexico. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

So when she heard that he had died, she dressed in black, wrapped the shoes up in a newspaper, and asked Fernanda for permission to see the body. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

After shutting the door of their shared room, he yanked off his shoe, causing a heel-shaped hunk of lead to drop to the carpet. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I tuck my knees up against my chest and only my shoes stick out. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

My eyes open and I realize that I'm looking at a pair of green shoes without laces. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

After I changed back into my street clothes, I met Jenna at her gym locker just as she was tying her shoes. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

He plowed across the tissue paper battlefield, his shoes collecting colorful scraps. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Then he took the circle and looked at it like it was a nasty thing on his shoe. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I lost one of my shoes in the mud, and failed to care. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put on my shoes and run quickly through the streets of Limerick to keep myself warm against the February frost. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

And Mr. Jeavons smells of soap and wears brown shoes that have approximately 60 tiny circular holes in each of them. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Jalil looked down, and, like an overgrown child, dug at something with the toe of his shoe. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes I hear footsteps on the stairs, and Tobias comes into the room, slipping off his shoes by the doorway. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I wouldn’t trust you to tie my shoes without stealing the laces, Kaz.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He sat up, grabbed a shoe heel out of the bucket at his feet, and hurled it with all his might. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

But now she had buckled on her traveling shoes. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Instead, she cashed the check at the grocery store, where the man knew her, and put the money into the box Maybeth’s church shoes had come in. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

We leave our shoes in the foyer, and I look around, finding myself wishing Anastasia could see this. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I sit, the silhouette of my shoes dark against the red sparks, and push myself forward. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

"What was I supposed to do? My mother don't have no money for running shoes. I couldn't put that on her!" Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He washed his hands, removed his shoes, and lay down on the jail bed. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Marly, take those wet shoes off this instant.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Like new hoop shoes from Foot Locker or some low-tops to roll in. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The only reason I was checking for him was because he could always sniff out stuff like raggedy shoes, or whatever, not that he would've tried me two days in a row. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The guards positioned beneath the window didn’t glance upward, and she gaped at the bluish-gray sky, at the clouds slipping on their shoes and shuffling toward the horizon. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Every person, just as every corporation, must tend to his or her own economic destiny, just as our parents and grandparents in the mills, shoe shops and factories did. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

She later agreed with a complaining Lupita that the shoes had cost far too much money. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

My shoes were wet from walking too close to the water. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I tied Joey’s shoes back on her feet and used her towel to wipe my own forehead. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put on a brand new pair of black shoes and laced them Now for the waistcoat. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle Willie looked at me with an impatience I hadn’t seen in his face even when he took thirty minutes to loop the laces over his high-topped shoes. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only shoes I can find are my dress shoes, worn to Dr. Minerva’s office this afternoon, a lifetime ago. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Some day I’ll get you all some warm clothing and shoes,” my mother said. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I licked my lips and slipped my feet into my new Sunday school shoes. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I think I got a rock in my shoe!” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

And before I could cry to stop her, she put the necklace under her shoe and stepped on it. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The three of them marveled over ladies who sported hair curled tightly into the latest bobs, high-heeled shoes, and dresses made of cotton and crepe. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She flexed her toes inside her tennis shoes. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

It was full of musty clothes and old shoes, but if he pushed them aside, he could get to the door on the other side. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

In my dorm the hallways were littered with shoe boxes and coat hangers, doors ajar, everything dark and quiet as the grave. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

When they reached the bone tree and the shoe pile, Loo had no trouble whatsoever giving up his shoes. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

It felt strange to make the trip wearing shoes. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Adam stamped the mud off his shoes when he reached the pavement. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I shove my feet into my shoes and walk the hallways, shoelaces slapping the carpets. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The fourth is to pick up your feet so they can’t grab your ankles and write on your shoes. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Something about seeing her there alone on that log, in that field, with her tennis shoes in a plié, makes me remember why I liked her a few months ago. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The grinning uppers and lowers lay by my right shoe, looking empty and at the same time appearing to contain all the emptiness in the world. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were several sizes too big, but still better than her regular shoes, and as she followed her mother they made a curious slapping noise on the tile of the kitchen floor. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Glue. The nano kind. You can stick your shoes to the ceiling with this stuff and hang upside down.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

There was a shoe lying upside down at my feet. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Frank Volkheimer emerges from the shadows, dragging a tattered and skeletal man in mismatched shoes. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

It’s nearly twelve now, and I put on my shoes and head for the library. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Please remove your shoes and have a sit on my carpet.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

She took in the heavy, green drapes, the pairs of polished shoes lined up neatly along the wall, the closet door, where the gray paint had chipped and showed the wood beneath. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

That's because my hand was in a glove and my feet were in my shoes. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rolled his eyes and pointed at the crucifix and whispered, “Jesus isn’t wearing shoes.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

All day waiting, the door locked, don’t open up for nobody, and I don’t till Mama gets back and buys everything except the shoes. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes to avoid seeing his hands and fumbled with the laces of the heavy high-topped shoes. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

And I’m pretty sure they don’t have socks and shoes that are soggy and squishy. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

He was wearing his usual leopard-pattem Hawaiian shirt, walking shorts, and tennis shoes with black socks. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Put these on,” he said, holding out a pair of knee- high rubber boots.“Tennis shoes aren’t much good up here except around camp.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The shoes were ruined, and I thought, darkly, that they would definitely be a reminder. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

A dark cloud passed from her face as she eased off a tight shoe under the table. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

She has set one foot on the top rung of a ladder when the blocky shoes of Madame Manec come clomping into the kitchen. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Mr. K. took off his shoe and pounded the table.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You showed up without shoes, but I couldn’t find another pair in your room.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I realized that when you took our key from the fire hose, when you left me the notes, when you stole Richard’s shoes and Jimmy’s Fred Flintstone bank, you had already read my letter. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Cool men wearing slanted hats to make them look slick, and tapping rhythms with their brown and white suede shoes. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Let’s say this guy who bought the DVD player worked at a shoe store. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I mean, you'd open a closet door, and there, in the corner behind your shoes, would sit a jar of something wicked that you weren't supposed to touch. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I peel my shoes off on the stoop of my building, tiptoeing up the inside stairs. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She lifted his mattress and found a few extra shoe boxes under his bed. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“Mom’s left me some pretty big shoes to fill,” I tell him. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

The students put on their shoes and lined up. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Because they were everywhere, clinging to freshly scrubbed laundry on clothes lines, or stuck to the bottom of well-heeled shoes, the butterflies were on everyone’s most wanted list, including Mamá’s. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He filled the bathtub with hot water, and stripped off his shoe and sock. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I say, “And so she trudged up the wooden stairs, her sad brown shoes taking her to the house she never liked.” The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bent down, untied my silver shoes, then retied them. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Some came limping in with their shoes and sore feet from walking. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Customers in the lounge said that the man who fled was wearing bowling shoes.’ A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Zero had just kept those shoes, then neither of them would be here right now. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Then I grabbed my shoes and got in the closet and shut the door. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

He was wearing a combat helmet, which looked incongruous with his fine sports clothes and Italian shoes. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two found a fair number of shoes, watches, and coats, which they traded in for soup, mixed vegetables, black beans, and rice for Alex and vodka for Kevin. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

I slipped on the tennis shoes and paced around the kitchen. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Then came that terrible day with the phone ringing endlessly, the police showing up at the door, Sierra’s parents hurrying their shoes on and rushing out to Brooklyn Hospital, where Lázaro lay comatose. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“Can you get me one? I don’t want to take my shoes off.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I stopped there to shake the twigs from my shoes. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

And the reason I couldn't ask her wasn't because she wouldn't have gotten the shoes for me. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Charlie scoots back in his seat and stares at his shoes. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Feel like the old man that lived in the shoe. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile I bought clothes, shoes, a cardboard suitcase, all of which I hid at home. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slipped my shoes on and padded outside in my pajamas, following the sweet, soulful sound. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

She hears the sirens wailing as the cold envelops her, numbing her face and her hands, her feet in their thick-soled shoes. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alvin Hooks began his cross-examination by perching himself on the edge of the prosecutor’s table and crossing his well-shined shoes in front of him as though he were relaxing on a street corner. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The brittle stems of flowers crunched under her shoes, and the heat coming off the scorched earth stung her eyes. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I quickly dress—jeans, socks, shoes, T-shirt, and hoodie. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“We’re too tall for our feet. It’s the only thing we can’t change by magic. Our men stuff their shoes so no one can tell, and we ladies hide them under our skirts.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“First they close the schools. Next it will be your shoe store. My fur shop! And why not? No one will buy from us with Nazi soldiers telling people, ‘Don’t buy from Jews.’” Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Until then, I had not seen the factory-outlet stores in the open country selling shoes and clothes. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you have your shoe insert?” the store clerk asks. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Major Major’s father was a towering, gaunt man in heavy shoes and a black woolen suit. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

There are bags with corsets, garters, women’s high button shoes and different laxatives that promise glowing cheeks, bright eyes and a curl in your hair. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

New work shoes, some savings, or a little something extra to help my auntie with rent. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

We stumble up the path, climbing higher above the Pit floor, scattering stones with our shoes. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

It was already late afternoon when Fang handed me a pair of socks and some shoes and asked if I’d mind going to get a paper. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

On the fringes of the crowd a tall woman with short cropped hair, a black lace dress, and black open-toed shoes leaned against a beam that had been painted yellow. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Too soon the ballet half of class was done, and we were instructed to put on our tap shoes. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their leather shoes splash through the shining puddles on the road, the sacks of books bang against William's broad back, and Jeanne shouts to the heavens. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“These shoes I got on my foots are the workin’ shoes. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

That morning, he took most of his clothes and shoes off to cross the river. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Mama will keep some of these papers to light fires; others will be used to wash windows or line our shoes. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

It was there where the palms of her hands and the soles of her feet grew shields no gloves or shoes could match. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

For him she planned sugar in his motor, scissors to his tie, burned suits, slashed shoes, ripped socks. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shoes I brought for her are my nicest ones. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She’d plant one big shoe on a shoulder and the other on another. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

She walked over to the table and lifted from it a green-and-white shoe box, its cover held down with a rubber band. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t even realize Iran used a different shoe sizing system. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Counterspies have to have ways of identifying themselves to other counterspies. Like secret code words. Or wearing a special kind of flower. Or—tying their shoes a certain way.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched him kick off his shoes, tug off his socks. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“What is this doing in an advertisement for shoes?” demanded Terryl. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

James kicked up the toe of his shoe. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He stuck out his foot to show her his shoes. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She put on her dress shoes, the only pair of black shoes she owned. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

“I mean, where my mother clothes at? Where my mother shoes? I knew about her watch and ring, but it was stolen. That was after my brother killed that boy.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Oh, I suppose I would buy everyone some new shoes, she says and looks down at my sneakers that pinch at the toes. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Hannah could feel the fear threatening to scream out of her, so she dropped the shoes and put both hands over her mouth, effectively gagging herself. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through part of the rotting body he saw a shoe, a busted Nike Toby had been wearing for years. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Your Excellency, our uniforms are starting to fade and we have worn-out shoes.” Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I heard you were shot. Do you need my help with your hair? Or your shoes?” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I grabbed the handle with both hands and braced my shoes against the sink. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Then he swung his legs over the side of the bed and put on his shoes, straining every nerve to hear the sounds from downstairs. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I use the toe of my shoe to pull at the corner of the plank. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

I put my shoes as far under the bed as I could, then took off the rest of my clothes. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

And then they saw bearded Billy Pilgrim in his blue toga and silver shoes, with his hands in a muff. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I will take off my shirt and my shoes when they try to board me. I will seek asylum,” he told Obinze. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The next day it was so swollen I couldn’t even put my foot in a shoe. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were all outfitted with showy uniforms that looked like costumes from an operetta, but he was unable to make them wear shoes, because they were accustomed to going barefoot and could not adjust. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I jumped over several pairs of shoes on the way and in three seconds I was out in the corridor, still clutching the precious bottle to my chest. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

A swirling vortex had opened in the center of the game’s monitor, and it was sucking in bits of trash, paper cups, bowling shoes—everything that wasn’t nailed down. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The other item in the shoe box was Dad’s old Walkman cassette player and a cassette in its plastic case. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

He sat down and lashed the sole of his shoe to its top with his black string tie, then walked across the homemade bridge. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each day, he wore fresh white shirts and flowered suspenders, and his special shoes cost twenty dollars. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miranda remembered a heavy aroma of incense and onions in the house, and a pile of shoes heaped by the front door. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The PTA mom at the door table smiled up at me, checked off my name, and gave me a red paper heart with my name on it from the shoe box marked 6-3. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Marie-Laure wakes and thinks she hears the shuffle of Papa’s shoes, the clink of his key ring. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Quendy bought some shoes, but the minute she walked out of the store she didn’t like them anymore. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We took off our shoes and stepped on the straw mat that covered the floor. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Any thrownaway lover in wet unlaced shoes and a buttoned-up sweater under his coat is a foreigner here. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the good Buick she drive and her nice buckle shoes, I spec Miss Fredericks got a lot more money than Mister and Miss Leefolt do. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Mary Alice’s forehead was greasy now, and we were both down on all fours, pawing through strange old dresses and funny shoes. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The orphans were marching and singing, their shoes all hitting the ground at once, and the oven door opened, and into the oven they went, heads held high, marching and singing. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

It wears red athletic shorts, a hooded gray sweatshirt, but no shoes. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The straps on her shoes were broken and flapped when she walked. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

No shoes sat on the rug by the door. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Vera was sitting on the edge of a chair, with her right foot hoisted upon another chair, buckling her shoes. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

That afternoon, while watching the show, I point out the platform shoes on Marcia's feet to Ma. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Me and Jay have adjusted to fake shoes. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Fully awake and on fire with puzzlement, Lyra nodded and slipped her bare feet into the shoes Mrs. Lonsdale put down for her. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I was afraid that if I spoke, I would tell her too much—I would tell her about the notes, Richard’s shoes, the two-dollar bills, everything. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

She followed James’s lead when they reached his entry landing, sliding off her shoes like him and adding them to the row that lined the wall. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Gordon told Melissa, who was wearing wet shoes and carrying her boots, that he was sure static electricity would not hold a mouse to a sock. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

By this, I took it to mean that boots and shoes were made and sold there. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

She placed her new shoes by her bed. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reached under my bed for the shoe box. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, a photographer caught her without her shoes. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

Stealthily Camilla leaned to one side and began to slip off her shoe, but before she could, Charles had killed it with a resounding thwack from The Book of Common Prayer. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“There’s Daddy’s plane,” Karen squealed, jumping up and down in her new ruffled dress and patent leather shoes. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He wasn’t wearing shoes! Oh, man! Oh, man! What’re we going to do!” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I untied my shoes and placed them next to me—bottoms up, of course—until I finished my math. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

I shake my head quickly, staring at my shoes. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I kept to the fringe of the shadows so nobody would notice the grass plastered to my dress and shoes, and with my black stole I covered my shoulders and bare breasts. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

My shoes start sinking with each step and water’s coming up over the top of ’em and there’s no way to go ’cept thru the rushes. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Forget that she sometimes wore a diamond crown and that I’d flown to London on the presidential jet; we were just two tired ladies oppressed by our shoes. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Once both shoes are set aside, he tickles the bottom of my left foot, and I totally snort. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

The shoe poet walked ahead of the group, tapping the ice with his stick and nodding. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She wore white slacks, a white sweater, white shoes and a white visor. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

These shoes I have seen, they are in the tiendita, little store, of what we call the pueblito, our village of San Juan. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the men across from them were wearing dark shoes. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Twig wore these plastic-heeled shoes that clacked when she walked, and everyone hushed and stared like we were in a movie. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I took off my top, pulled off my shoes, took off my pants, and climbed the wooden steps. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He was no older than twelve, and his scraped knees, tattered shoes, and windblown hair spoke of a life spent dodging wagons. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

We watch men leave Greenville in their one good suit, shoes spit shined. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Benji grabbed an armful of shoes and handed them to a guy with a name tag that read MIKE. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

It is assembled from all the bits of leather that people cut from the toes and the heels when they make shoes for themselves, and throw away. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

You voted instead for a woman and a family with Texas dirt under their shoes, who would lead you into four years of progress, of carrying on a legacy of hope and change. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The box also contained white stockings, white leather shoes, and an enormous white hair bow, already shaped and ready to be fastened on with two loose ties. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt lucky to get my shoes on the right feet, that’s why. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing quite fits; the shoes are a little too big, the waist on the costume is too tight, but it will do. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like all of us, his shoes came from the Sears, Roebuck catalog. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mud gets all in my shoes and into my socks and in between my toes, and it feels cold and gross. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Under the pew, I tapped his metal crutches with the tip of my blue canvas shoe. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Here’s one in each shoe, two in my hip pocket, three trying to hide in my hairbrush. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cullens” — I kept my eyes on the shoes — “to be out of school a lot?” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I push the blankets back and shove my feet into my shoes—I sleep in my clothes these days. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I sat down on the grass next to him and took off my shoes. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Twenty paces stretched twenty miles, every faint crunch of our shoes sounding like gunshot. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

She reminds herself of all the other things her mother ships south: Reebok tennis shoes, black sandals, the yellow bear and pink puppy stuffed toys on her bed. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

All those shoes sliding and scraping up the floor, leaving black shoe polish across the newly varnished floor. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I sit there in my new blue and white outfit with new matching tennis shoes, next to my new shiny red suitcase, feeling very, very stupid. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Then he took the shoes and made a call on his radio. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

On the last day of the summer session, he came to the classroom where she was changing from her work shoes to her flip-flops, zipping up her sweatshirt and gathering the rest of her things. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

She picked up her shoe and scratched the crust out of the tread. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you ruin any of my shoes,” she said to the pup, “I’ll turn you into a pair of slippers. Understood?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

This shoe will hold the great wolf’s lower jaw down, so it cannot move. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

The episode of the mummies, the photographs, and the hairless Indian in Louis XV shoes that had prompted her flight from her husband’s house had grown hazy with time. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

We all pulled off our shoes and walked in. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

From the bags, Enrique puts on clean pants, a shirt, and a new pair of shoes. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I hold the one tan-sandy shoe tight until I can give it back to Calvin. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

He slipped off his shoes and padded toward the kitchen in his black socks. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Living in a big city like Blythe meant I had to wear shoes. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I was in the process of buttoning my shoes when someone knocked on the door. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I pulled everything off Joey’s foot and gave her die boot while I reached my hand inside to tug on the shoe. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he had worn the coveralls and heavy shoes he was shot in. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

She piled old clothes and old shoes on top. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Who even now could walk freely into his room if she wanted to and smell his clothes, stroke his shoes, and lay her head on the very spot where he had lain his. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bent down to tie up his shoe lace. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Stella scurried over to help, delightfully aware of the clatter of her shoes on the hardwood floor. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I hit him with the shoe, again and again.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

And I do the little thing with her toes, but she can’t get to mine cause I got my white work shoes on. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The shoes in the corner were all old-fashioned black or brown leather, except for one pair made from canvas and covered in dried mud. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She wore a light-tan suede suit, shoes to match and a mannish hat with a feather in the band, and she patted my face with gloved hands. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah you did, butthead. The shoes! He was trying to take Mohawk Man’s shoes!” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

For that reason, poor Call never had a pair of shoes that would lace properly. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Liquidated, like it’s a business decision. They would get rid of us like so many old pairs of shoes.” Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

He says, There are boys here who have to mend their shoes whatever way they can.There are boys in this class with no shoes at all. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Each of her three children owns one pair of shoes, purchased on a layaway plan. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Every inch of them was covered in black, from the ski masks pulled down over their faces to their black shoes. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She drops the cigarette onto the patio and crushes it with her shoe. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Dark chords from the organ slip into the night, turning our shoes into concrete blocks and pulling down our faces until we look like trees drooping with black leaves. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

The little girls wore pretty dresses and shiny black shoes and ribbons in their hair. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Your Highness,” said Bono, jerking a shoe towards me in a gesture of reminder. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Still in her fair finery, Grandma sat in the platform rocker, working out of her shoes. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sneaky’s my best friend and all, but right now I feel like dumping a spoonful of ketchup on his brand-new shoes. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I felt out of place in my faded blue overalls, old sheepskin coat, and scuffed and worn shoes, but to the wonderful men it made no difference. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maxine lets me know that her mom prefers for people to take off their shoes. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He was a tall, thin, chocolate-skinned man with a mustache, who favored shades, short-sleeved shirts, shiny shoes, and sharkskin pants, and always held a lit cigarette between his teeth. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t make me go through your clothes and throw out all those holey pants and shoes,” she threatened. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

He never had to wear shoes, not even to school. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

But Mama had not brought me pink dancing shoes. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Willem brings me my shoes, telling me over and over again that I don't need to leave yet. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

His arms ached for something heavier than trays, for something dirtier than peelings; his feet wanted the heavy work shoes, not die thin-soled black shoes that the hotel required. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Kit thought a moment and then printed out: "Charity Hughes Has new red shoes." The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“Yet amidst all that, life has spit in the eye of death. We must find her some shoes.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I could hear the caps of his shoes clearly against the stone of the stairway, and then against the cement pavement of the sidewalk. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Excuse my attire,” Mom said, “but I plan to change out of my comfy shoes into some dress shoes for dinner.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was so hushed you could hear the nurses’ rubber-soled shoes squeaking all the way down the hall. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I feel empowered and I kick her shoes out of alignment, and I’m amazed that such a small action could feel so good. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“Give me your shoes!” she said to Olive. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I walked him to the door, then stood there listening to the tapping of his metal-capped shoes on the hallway floor. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

It takes water To make him go, And his shoes to get him There. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

This time he doesn’t care how the house, how the pile of guests’ shoes heaped by the doorway, might appear to her eyes. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Later in the service, when Pastor Gideon would leap out in his sharp-shouldered suit and pointy shoes, and say, “Our God is not a poor God, amen? It is our portion to prosper, amen?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

My parents had raised us to handle our own business, which meant that I had to trust him to handle his, even if he could, at that point, barely put on his shoes. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

They walk together hard in the road and then stop so fast the dust comes down on their shoes. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

That afternoon, they retrieved their buried money, and that night in the loft, they stashed some in their shoes, some in their pockets, and some in their backpacks. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then they started back again, for a while trying not to make an extra set of footsteps, inserting their shoes into the ones they had just made. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

But Jesse realized last night that he didn’t know how to knot a tie; moreover, He’d forgotten to pack the shoes, which was why Eric’s borrowed pair were in his backpack. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Howard and I took off our shoes and stepped from rock to rock while Wishbone leaped and pranced, sending up splashes of cold mountain water. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He kept his cash in his shoe and lived year-round in the Turkish baths of whatever city he happened through. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everything is torn, shirt, gansey, short pants, stockings, and my shoes are ready to fall off my feet entirely. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

We’d skateboard to the park, and he’d take his tennis shoes off and rub his feet on the grass like he was wiping something off of them. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“I received a ration coupon for my work today. I worked with two ladies making shoes,” said Jonas, smiling. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

But all Dolores and Marigold found was one very muddy right shoe. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I sat up and drank my tea and watched him take off his shoes and socks. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Bill was still sleeping, so I dressed, put on my shoes outside in the hall, and went down-stairs. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

The shoe poet sat by the glowing fireplace, polishing his boots with lampblack he had scraped from the hearth. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She and Layla give each other a high five and I want to throw a shoe at them to make them shut up. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Kyle half expected him to start scratching the toe of his shoe at the dirt, searching for chicken feed. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

I take them off and add them to the row of shoes lined up against the wall. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Although her bindings had come loose, her tiny feet made her body sway pleasantly, her shoes like little bridges. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

While they tried things on I merely watched and critiqued, not in the mood to shop for myself, though I did need new shoes. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He always wore sharp suits, and my mom would always talk about how nice his shoes were. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

As she was straightening out the shoes in the bottom of the tall rosewood bureau, Awaiting Marriage appeared at the door. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Doha immediately noticed the shiny western shoes on its feet. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

When he moved forward his feet squelched and he had to take off his shoes and shake them out before he could go on. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

We walk until we get to the dirt that sinks and sucks at our shoes, squelching with every step. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

The street was always busy, and black and white shoppers stopped in the shoe stores or bought charlotte russes to eat as they walked. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

She takes her shoes off without untying them, and kicks them across the room. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He filled the kettle and the pot with water, stood the mattress against the wall, pounded it with a shoe, told me to keep pouring water on the ground to drown the fleas dropping there. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

What was wrong with the clothes I planned on wearing, my cotton pants and plaid shirts and penny-loafer shoes? October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He dresses it in miniature suits, with black patent shoes on its feet, and when Charles walks, he holds its little hands in his. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Ah, but remember, the poet Emerson said that when we have worn out our shoes, the strength of the journey has passed into our body.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

We tromped off to church in the same old shoes and dresses we’d worn all the other African Sundays so far. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Right here,” he said, tapping what appeared to be a door in the floor with his shoe. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I slipped my feet into my school shoes. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I kicked one away from Annabeth s leg and its pincers took a chunk out of my new surf shoe. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

It had taught the black man to think if he had no shoes, and was hungry, “we gonna get shoes and milk and honey and fish fries in Heaven.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slip on one shimmering ruby shoe and, tugging on the other one, hop over to the control panel, where the stage manager is calling cues into her headset. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

He heard something crackle when his tennis shoe hit the window-pane, but he couldn’t worry about it. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

She sailed across the room like a man-of-war, showing the brocaded tips of her shoes and layers of lace-trimmed, starched petticoats. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had taken his shoes off to dry blistered feet. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The bottoms of her shoes were clean worn out. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“They shouldn’t be out looking for women’s shoes at night,” Mahmoud says. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

“When we didn’t make it home, Babou came and found us. But he didn’t know why we were there, and he hadn’t brought us any shoes.” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

If there’s time, he makes her try to knot her shoes herself. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

It may not be a note in a shoe box, but it still makes my heart feel like it’s made of springs. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I kicked so hard that my shoes popped out of the foot straps on my chair. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

A light dress, silk stockings, shoes without scuffs, her tube of lipstick. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I kick off my shoes and settle on my back. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I moseyed out front and was cutting them down when he furiously pedaled by on his new giant adult-size tricycle that towed a little red wagon full of what looked like shoe boxes. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Her shoes leave delicate exclamation points in the wet sand. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

And as her mother continued to sing her praises, Ashima, unable to resist a sudden and overwhelming urge, stepped into the shoes at her feet. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The mutt had an ice cream wrapper stuck to his back paw like a shoe; his other paws were covered in mud. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

I make my way in the dark, up the hill, sleet rustling around me, hauling myself up by branches and tree trunks, my shoes slipping on the packed icy snow. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Big deal, thought Matt, scuffing his shoes along a newly laid stretch of white carpet. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Herold rode into the nearby town of Bowling Green with the Confederates to purchase, of all things, a new pair of shoes. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He reaches behind him, grabs a rack the size of a shoe box stood up on end. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I almost never wear shoes around the house and now I’m not sure that I can find a pair that will fit. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Put your shoes on first,” ordered Mama, “and your coats.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

We remove our shoes by the door and put on slippers that Hideo’s mother offers us. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I kicked off my shoes and felt the cool floorboards shift and groan beneath my feet as if the room was adjusting to sudden occupation after being long empty. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I pictured his cot with his shoes sitting under it, how he was prob-ably lying awake this very moment watching the ceiling, listening to the other boys breathe. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Off came my shoes, my shorts, my top. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I just wind up nodding when she repeats herself: 'Dante, we can afford shoes.’ Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

The thought of a pie made out of shoes and flies was amazing me. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry, I’m taking them off here,” I say, leaving my shoes on the mat. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

She could go at a full sprint in high heels, but if she really wanted to come after me she had this thing where she’d kick her shoes off while still going at top speed. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“So—did you do that to your shoes?” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

My shoes were dry and waiting for me by the door, along with my socks. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Riding downtown for the piano recital, I sat in the backseat of the Buick wearing a nice dress and patent leather shoes, my hair in pigtails, experiencing the first cold sweat of my life. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

But the sneakers were his favorite shoes ever—and he considered them lucky. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was still wearing the shoes he wore to work, hadn’t yet changed to his flip-flops, taken off his watch, hadn’t even shed his coat yet. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Inside the small closet behind the two empty beds hangs two pairs of black pants, two neatly pressed white blouses, and polished black shoes. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I held the shoe up, before Joan's enlarged, pebbly eyes, tilted it, and watched her take in the stream of blood that cascaded onto the beige rug. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Um,” I say, digging the toe of my shoe into the track. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

He has fairly short brown hair, stands a bit smaller than medium height, and wears a shirt, black jeans, and blue athletic shoes. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Never wanted to grit my teeth against the pain of leaning down to do something as simple stupid as tying my own darn shoe. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Malloy’s husband owns a shoe repair store, so her shiny patent leathers always look brand-new. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She pulled out an old shoe box tied with yellowing strings. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

They wore little blue suits with snap-on bow ties, and their Sunday shoes made a terrific racket on the floor. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

When Frank asked Hazel how her beef was feeling today, and she replied that his shoe was green, they decided to give up. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Mmph,” he said, thoughtful, as he wedged his feet into his shoes. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I got up every morning, polished my saddle shoes, and went off to war,” I reply. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slipped the rest into the shoe box. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

She felt how her feet hurt in her new mourning shoes. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tie on my left shoe and gather my crutches, and on the way out I run into Chloe in the hallway. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

They had strong, shapely legs and wore knee socks with heavy lace-up shoes that became lethal weapons in fights. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Croy nodded, and they each took a wrist, dragging the woman along the slick floor at a trot, Tally’s grippy shoes squealing. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

She stepped out of her shoes, pulled her dress over her head and was ready. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took off my shoes and walked down to the water. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Noun: An extra shoe you keep in your pocket. In case someone steals one of yours while you’re asleep with your head under the mailbox.” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

You see, me and my wife and kids, we’re tired of eating stewed tennis shoes instead of meat. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The littles would run around wearing party clothes and no shoes. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

After six months on the job, Cullen knew it was inevitable that the sand would creep into his socks despite the canvas gaiters covering his pant legs and shoes. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

I take my shoes off and kick them at the closet door. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

"I always feel lousy without shoes," I said with an ambiguous smile. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

My eyes followed the line of her outstretched arm to the upended clothing and shoe racks. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He had no string and that threw him until he looked down at his tennis shoes. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sliding into my shoes, I sneak out of my room, heading down to the first floor, to the recovery room where Stella sleeps. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“Wait. It’s slippery. Our shoes will slide,” shouted the shoemaker. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

My mind flashes back to that day I spent at the beginning of the school year, trying on pointe shoes in a dancewear shop in the U District. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

After a while he sat up and put on the wet socks and shoes. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cell door opened and the inmate stepped out backward, wearing socks but no shoes. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take my shoes off, which drops me an inch or two. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It kept its beady black eyes on me, clamping its pincers as it crawled onto my shoe. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes skirt mine, and she kicks at the marble floor with the toe of her shoe. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Finally calming a bit, Johnson asked the men to put themselves in his shoes. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I’ve also never had a timing chip strapped to my shoe, but I like it, too. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

What self-respecting cynic would carry around a doll in a shoe box? Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Merchandise—coats, shirts, neckties, shoes, hardware—lay strewn along the streets where it had fallen out of the arms of looters already loaded down with more than they could carry. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

“Go upstairs if you’d like. Look around, but leave the shoes on the stairwell.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

She kicked off her shoes and walked over to the outside faucet. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

It still fits—one of the rare nice things I own that does—but I folded it up anyway, and put my favorite patent leather shoes in a bag. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She put on some others, strapped on her shoes and sat at her desk. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

We take off our shoes and leave them under our seats. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The box is the size of a shoe, but it’s really light. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Trying to help her memory, Roberto added, “He also bought me a pair of shoes when he saw mine were worn out. I was in the sixth grade.” The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe it had been a long time since they’d had shoes with a view. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

But even when Helen spanked her and called her a bad bad girl, Mona refused to produce the shoe, and in the end Callie went to school in one old shoe and one new one. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You are not to assault my students! We don’t need them to take their shoes off unless we have a reason to suspect there is something in their shoes.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I put my feet down in a puddle of rainwater, then realized my shoes were still sitting on the floor beneath the backseat, where I’d left them. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Rooster Jim ducked his head and spoke to his shoe tops. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Now we were supposed to get enthusiastic about long-range marriage plans, while lying here in bed watching our shoes mildew. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sure they’d be happy to have you,” Greg said, his fingers sliding up from my shoe to stroke my ankle. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

By now I had nearly a shoe box full, just waiting for Lyrics Unlimited to write and demand all that I could deliver. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The surf breaks nearby; water purls past her shoes. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

All were instructed to dress in conservative casual wear: the women in blouses, straight skirts, and flat shoes; the men in polo shirts or button-downs, slacks, and loafers. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

He broke the newness of the shoes with rubbed sand and kneaded the raincoat to destroy its newness. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He probably would've talked me out of cutting my shoes up and stealing the silver bullets from the sports store too. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Rachel says yes, and Lucy says yes, and yes I say, these are the best shoes. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Their feet,” the shoe poet gently reminded as I passed him. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

From her bed, she listened to the click-clack of his heels, to the muffled shuffling of his feet after he’d shed his shoes. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Since tennis shoes don’t have a lot of grip on the ice, Larry would go into the fence hard and couldn’t control what part of him hit first. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I decided, of all things, to shop for a pair of new shoes, and walked over to Fifth Avenue. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Elbows out, flapping along in his outsized tennis shoes. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

A wise person will only be left with threads, but their shoes should be made for endless walking in search of a better life. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Major swaggered across the room, the metal tips on his pointed shoes clicking on the concrete floor. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kicking off her shoes, Kit waded into the water, plunged in and struck out toward the ship. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Wes watched his mother as she moved from the window to her closet to look for a pair of shoes to wear with her white dress. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

It was the craziness of a dying young man with his shoes full of snow. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t dare look down—I was sure there was a puddle developing around my shoes. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I started the long trudge across the fields and had gone some distance before I paid any attention to the soft and muddy ground, which was dooming my city shoes. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tied and untied his gym shoes as thoughtlessly as he blinked his eyes. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the start of school, he was given a black uniform: pants, shirt, an undershirt, and a pair of shoes. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“And why the hell do you have ten pairs of shoes here?’’ he asked, pointing to the sandals and leather high heels my mom had lined up along the baseboard in the bedroom. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I blew out my lantern, pulled off my shoes and socks, and started shinnying up the tree. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a little while, Jinny reached the spot where all the shoes were buried, where the white bone tree stuck up into the sky. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Those kids simply wore the shoes when they went to clubs or cafes or walked the streets of downtown New York, and in so doing exposed other people to their fashion sense. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The family dressed in the usual all black, the women with big hats, the men with shined shoes. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She had this small cardboard box, the size of a shoe box, open on her bed. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The girl with the backpack was waiting for something, and that was when Barry spotted the boy crouched down, tying his shoe. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Behind me, I heard a grunt of pain and the hard thunk of a shoe striking flesh. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

At least, that's what Lloyd, the older boy that used to cobble shoes back at Rose Hill, told me they looked like. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Vines curl around the buckles of your shoes. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

I must get him another shirt and a jacket for the winter and some sort of shoes and another blanket. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Helmuth scuffs at the floor with the toe of his shoe. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Finally this older black dude with goggles put his shoes back on and said: “All right, all right, one more and that’s it.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

It does not twirl incense sticks or throw shoes and dishes. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He opened his mouth to speak, reconsidered, and finally stared down at his shoes. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

If I were to say tennis shoes, you’d know we were talking about ammunition. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had removed my patent leather shoes after a while, for they foundered badly in the sand. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

To seek shoes for my famously bruised feet. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

He wore the largest black turtleneck Percy had ever seen, black pants, and black leather shoes with points so long and curly, they might have been jester slippers. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Behind us, Laleh clung to Mom’s hand, dragging her feet so her shoes squeaked on the tile floor. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I found that the true believers would look down at their shoes or wind their watches when someone mentioned the war. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Pa opened the screen door and stepped outside to put his shoes on. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Certainly she must have noticed their military bearing, the high polish of their shoes, their vivid neckties. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I dropped down on my knees to see what kind of shoes the Amish girls were wearing. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Pickwell had brought home a down-and-out shoe salesman in sore need of sympathy and a good meal. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had been a while since I had practiced in my cutoff shoes, and I think the silver bullets had me spoiled. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I stared at the duct tape that peeked out over the sides of my shoes. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

She took a minute to slip off her shoes, then flopped over on the bed and curled up, one hand between her knees, the other slipped under the pillow. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Looks like this Manifest boy is going to shake the coal dust from his shoes and see the world. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The floor under her shoes was slick with monsoon scum. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The little girl had on a blue dress and little blue frilly socks and black shiny, shiny shoes. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

No worry then but how to find a good stone, not round exactly but flattened and water-shaped, to use in a sling pouch cut from a discarded shoe. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Olive removed her leaden shoes and performed a gravity-defying gymnastics routine on a set of parallel bars. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Overstuffed suitcases tied with ropes or hastily taped together had given way, and people’s underwear, baby diapers, and ratty shoes pushed through the stressed seams where everyone could see them. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, she removed her shoes and began stamping on the shells in her bare feet, slowly at first, then faster and faster in a mad flamenco, her arms thrown up in the air. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Get back in this house and put some shoes on!” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I could see the toes of his shoes, flat and dark, hanging over the ledge, but I couldn’t see his face. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He balanced the shoe on the end and raised it up to the branch. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Becky looked down at the worn tips of her shoes, then turned away from me. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had got no further when I heard the scrum of shoes upon the floorboards of the kitchen. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

They'd been issued a pair of khaki pants, a khaki jacket minus the shiny buttons, black leather shoes, gray wool socks, a black belt, and a hat with a swastika on the front. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

I run back to John Mark’s office, grab my ball and shoes, and hurry back out to the lanes. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

So my only objection is that the running shoes are bright pink, with hot-purple laces. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I was awakened from my reverie by Stan saying the following to Owen: “ . . . and I think Mark will need rackets, tennis shoes, shirts and shorts.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He went into the kitchen and got the step stool so he could go through the shoe boxes on the top shelf of their closet. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

And then he remembered that his shoes were ruined, that he needed boots. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Billy took off his tri-focals and his coat and his necktie and his shoes, and he closed the Venetian blinds and then the drapes, and he lay down on the outside of the coverlet. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dora’s girls had each one slipped off a shoe and held it by the toe. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sat on the edge and began to take off her shoes and stockings. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Thankfully, he had made sturdy boots and shoes for us while working with the two Siberian women. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I handed out my suits on hangers, my shoes in the game pocket of a hunting coat, and my shirts in their neat wrapping of New England road maps. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grinning, Cole pulled on his tennis shoes and gloves, and picked up his hammer. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I can feel her shoes, on my own feet. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are people in jackets and polished shoes with work bags slung over their shoulders all moving toward one platform to wait for the train. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

We took off our shoes and socks, rolled up our pants, and stepped gingerly out into the frigid water. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

But I feel more confident when I’m looking at the floor or my shoes or far away at the rain clouds. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Lyra could see his legs, in their dark green trousers and shiny black shoes. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The shoes were Ben’s greatest challenge and most enduring joy. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joseph could see his shoes and the bottom edge of his long fur coat. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She’d slip on a pair of dancing shoes, put a stack of records on the phonograph, and crank the volume way up. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I glance up at him but stare at my shoes by the time I answer. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

She bent one knee and dug the toe of a ragged gym shoe into the dirt. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I haven’t yet met a sub who says no to a trip to the nurse when you tell them you’re going to throw up on their shoes. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Thin streams of muddy water flowed across the road, seeping into my shoes and soaking my socks. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Brian pulled and the man just lay still, and Brian looked to see if his shoe had caught on a root by the fire or in the brush, but it had not. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

What with the salve, the gauze and the tape, I can’t get my heavenly new shoe on my foot. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Ms. Lewis drops her cigarette on the porch and puts it out with the toe of her shoe. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The truth is I’m shaking in my shoes just being out alone on the street. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I was forced to walk lopsidedly across the room with one shoe on and one foot bare, weaving through the mess of furniture and junk. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

His shoes were a shiny orange, and he had on a citified straw hat, a light-blue suit, and a cat’s-head stickpin in his tie. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“What is the thing you’ve been begging and badgering me for all these years? Leaving notes around the house to remind me. In my shoes, in the sugar bowl.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Maybe because their crimes were a lot worse than stealing shoes. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Her shoes dragged on the ground like her feet were too heavy to lift properly. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He said he wanted to wear fancy shoes instead of muddy ones, and then he wrote a song about it called “The Muddy Shoes Blues.” Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“I’ll make a deal with you about that girl. I’ll tell you why that girl was hitting me on the head with her shoe that day if you answer one question.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Stanley remembered being surprised at Clyde Livingston's small shoe size. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Brown-skinned, she wore white shoes, white trousers, and a white tunic. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

One part of the rule is correct: it’s odd to use that with a nonrestrictive relative clause, as in The pair of shoes, that cost a thousand dollars, was hideous. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Freebie inched closer, smelling her shoes, and she reached down to pet his head. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

The cubbies were filled with the kinds of shoes I would never voluntarily wear. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

The guard picked the book up by the spine and tapped it on the table as if he were shaking sand from a shoe. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

If she’d been back in Georgia she could have run around barefoot, shoes only necessary on Sundays. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

He had not found any socks to wear that morning, and the hot pavement burned through the thin soles of his shoes. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I felt I knew Jinx well enough to put myself in his shoes. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“But, if they close the shoe store, how will you make money?” Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Jason put his shoes back on and stood slowly. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Now I kick off my shoes and yank off the shirt. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

My shoe skidded off his ribs, hit the soft spot below. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Tears of weakness and protest ran down Mercy’s cheeks as Rachel stooped to take off her oldest daughter’s shoes. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I stretched my leg over and rubbed the toe of my shoe against her ankle. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Then, very gradually, part by part, a pale dangling individual stepped out of the wreck, pawing tentatively at the ground with a large uncertain dancing shoe. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Tally turned away, unlacing her grippy shoes as she collected herself. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

On his feet were highly polished shoes of a fine leather. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The faint glow of dawn showed over the trees and dimmed the stars as Cole started to pull on his tennis shoes. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Her shoes, hat, and handbag were each a brown that almost matched. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Grandma warns me to take the dinner can directly and not be meandering, looking this way and that, kicking canisters and ruining the toes of my shoes. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

So I get up and put on my shoes and curse myself for wanting to leave in the first place. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

One midnight she decided, up in the sweltering loft, I am going to survive—and the next midnight she was in the swamp, tracking after the moon in stolen shoes. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think we’re going to have anything to match that outfit,” Selena said as we walked to a wall of cubbies full of shoes that reminded me of a bowling alley. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

He undid the laces of her shoe and eased it off. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her shoes are pretty: black patent leather with a strap connected to a flower. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Each identity has been projected onto me and fits oddly at first, like a pair of shoes you have to break in before they’re comfortable. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Naomi slipped on her dress and shoes and tiptoed into the bathroom. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I shook myself and sat up, just in time to see one of Bunny’s shoes flying through my open window. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He unlaced his shoes and lined them against the baseboard; a golden paste clung to the toes and heels, the result of walking through our damp, unraked lawn. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I unbuckled her shoes, pulled off each one, and rubbed the swelling in both feet. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

He wants to be Like his shoes, A little dirty From the road, A little worn From racing to the drinking fountain A hundred times in one day. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart falls to my shoes, which is not quite to the floor, but close. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

He felt it during the mornings when he couldn’t bend over to tie his shoes. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Labrador began to sniff at Doctor Adams’ shoes. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

A young girl gives her a gift, her own lucky coin, which the girl has carried in her shoe every time she’s won a race. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

It delighted him always to find the mirror in the shoe’s face, to rediscover the dark reflection released as the finger thinned the polish on the hard, good-smelling leather. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had eaten nothing, she was thirsty, and her heel was throbbing and had glued itself to the back of her shoe. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

If we kept to our budget, we believed, we could afford new clothes and shoes and coats, and buy a ton of coal at the cheaper off-season price. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She takes me to Roche’s Stores and buys me a shirt, a gansey, a pair of short pants, two pairs of stockings and a pair of summer shoes on sale. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I changed into the shoes and clip-clopped to a case full of ribbons, sashes, certificates, trophies, and plaques. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“We were told that Isaac Mizrahi was wearing the shoes himself,” Lewis says. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"And you go over to Doña Carmen's and tell her to call Don Victor and tell him to come right over and pick up his tennis shoes. Tennis shoes, you hear?" How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I think about the shoes of my childhood, the brown Oxfords scuffed at the toes, half-soled, new-heeled, the falling-apart grubby white running shoes, the brown sandals with two buckles that you wore with socks. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

What could she have thought of me in my zoot and conk and orange shoes? The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could see a shiny, shiny black shoe lying halfway underneath some concrete, then it got covered with smoke, and then the lightbulb flickered out again. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Would he be stepping into a dead man’s shoes? American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

There is squeezing in her whole body—the compression socks, her shoes, her lungs, her heart. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Eventually the schools reopened, farm shops sold food, distribution networks sprang up and the black market offered everything from imported drugs to new shoes if you could afford to pay. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bent down and looked at the shoes underneath the partition. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What good will you be, my dear, if you are injured?” said the shoe poet. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to forget the morning,” Axel says, feeling the wet of his shoes seeping into the wet of his socks and the wet of his feet. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Then she uses her cane to knock a clump of dried mud off one of his mismatched shoes. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

I make a story for my life, for each step my brown shoe takes. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rasheed’s watch too was sold, his old transistor radio, his pair of neckties, his shoes, and his wedding ring. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

But Lina dashed across the street, took off her shoes and socks, and wrapped herself around the cold metal of the pole. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Under the nearest hydraulic lift, which was holding a ’98 Toyota Corolla, a pair of legs stuck out—the lower half of a huge man in grubby gray pants and shoes even bigger than Tyson’s. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

What would Franklin D. Roosevelt say about a spy who lost his shoe in the salt marsh and worried aloud that his grandma would beat him? Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she lifted her sodden shoes now for the Executives to inspect, Reynie reached across under the table and pressed the hunk of licorice into Sticky’s hand. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

There was a smear of blood on his shoe. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Rumor has it he disappeared into Manhattan’s East River wearing cement shoes. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her day satchel was packed, her uniform was on, shoes buckled; she’d wrestled her hair into a tight bun the way the matrons insisted she do. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She simply sank to her side of the double bed and took off the offending shoes and began to rub her swollen feet. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re the only one who calls me that,” he said quietly, digging the toe of his shoe into the dirt. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Um, I don’t know it,” I say, staring at my shoes. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Mom and Dad expect me to take off my shoes and let those hands pour water all over my feet? P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“No, it’s the toasting fork, with Mother’s shoe on it instead of the bread. Beth’s stage-struck!” cried Meg, and the rehearsal ended in a general burst of laughter. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bent down to pull the shoe from under the concrete and tugged and pulled at it but it felt like something was pulling it back. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anyway, in my dream, Grover was hauling goat tail, holding his human shoes in his hands the way he does when he needs to move fast. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, lemme think for a sec,” I said, peeping our beat-up shoes. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I’m wearing my track shoes, which I bought for gym class—they come in handy here. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walked to and from school beside myself, watching the jíbara girl with eyes cast down, the home-cut hair, the too large gestures and too loud voice, the feet unaccustomed to shoes. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

A pair of nylon shoes with rubber soles. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

As they sit on the ground, I take a closer look at those shoes. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The cardboard inside my shoe got soggy and started to fall apart. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t much like crowds,” I said to my shoe. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I went back to my desk and stared down at my shoes. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Those shoes had been cursed to drag their wearer into Tartarus. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I swung the whole fence out like a door, stepped inside, and put the post back again, scraping my shoe over the fresh dirt. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Raizel had discarded her shoes, hat, and petticoat somewhere back, and had a fistful of her skirt hitched up to keep from dragging as she crept closer. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

On her feet were sensible, wide, flat shoes. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

They reach both shores, but within a minute the surface is glass again, the sneaker’s splashy entrance forgotten, and I am minus a shoe. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

A very white skeleton but wearing a lady’s flowered dress and red shoes. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Melina said, and lifting her shoe from the leash, she reached down for the pigeon. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Seconds later Eliza came rushing out of the house, her skirt swirling around her shoes. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes sweep over you, up and down, taking in clothes, shoes, nail polish, the turquoise bracelets that you and Gina bought one Saturday. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I sat down in the grass along the edge of the lane and took off my shoes. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

They could take their shoes and watches off and walk and walk for miles. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

For example, I can easily put James in Hitler’s shoes, and our family in the roles of the Jews. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

"Why doesn't she wear wide comfy shoes with square ends?" The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

They move in perfect silence to the bunker, because no one is allowed to wear shoes and because Max has made them practice a hundred times. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

It took maybe two seconds for Patty to notice my shoes. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The waves shoved him up against the planks beneath his father’s shoes. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The bottoms of his pants legs were wet, and mud clung to his shoes and smeared his hands. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Appleby scuffed the toes of his shoes into the ground sheepishly. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Cole scuffed at the dirt with his shoe. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“Look at how they're dressed. I know a baller when I see one. And no rapper will be wearing them kinda shoes.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I get as far away from them as I can and go to the shoe table. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

As I neared the tall doorway, the shoe poet raised his hand to stop me. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

There are all kinds of dyes, polishes, and swatches of leather Mr. Malloy uses to restore the customers’ shoes, handbags, wallets, and belts. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Bring the women’s shoes and phones over to my house in the morning,” Hamza says. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

I saw my dirty shoes and crumpled dress, my wet coat lying on the dewy grass. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Amaranta made him a linen suit with a collar and tie, bought him a pair of white shoes, and engraved his name in gilt letters on the ribbon of the candle. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

As she put her shoe back on, she was staring at me. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

The bottoms of my shoes, which were thin as paper, grew ragged. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

She liked that Claire’s socks never matched, but she had the best shoes. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

It stirred the dust we kicked up with our shoes, and blew my hood up around my hair. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Then, because I wanted something other than the murmured greetings in Yiddish to listen to, I began to hear, distinctly, the tapping sounds of Danny’s metal-capped shoes against the cement pavement. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

All the kids changed into shorts and T- shirts with no shoes. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She walks to the supply closet, her shoes squeaking on the polished floor. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

I tuck in my blouse, looking frantically for my shoes. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

After retrieving my shoes from the mudroom, I let myself out through the front door. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

After taking them off, he slipped them into the shoe rack and walked inside. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

He walks away from me, heading back into the shoe repair shop. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I looked down at my shoes as I said the words, barely missing stepping on a dead grasshopper. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Maybe she wants to see me sweat coal tar, ink, shoe polish, graphite. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he was terribly clumsy in gym shoes and the court was his own private china shop. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cloth was getting scarce, and leather, because the Continental troops needed them for clothing and shoes. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He grabbed his lock and shoved it in his bag, then attached his helmet and slipped into his biking shoes. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Parents who could afford it had ordered new shoes and ready-made clothes for themselves from Sears and Roebuck or Montgomery Ward. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were far better than tie shoes, that was certain. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Now look, I don’t know if it was a manly instinct, a friendship instinct, or both, but the second I realized she was crying, I stood up to put my shoes on. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

He had on a pair of good tennis shoes, now almost dry. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

These shoes, it seems to her, are a kind of equalizer. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had heard that sound before...the click of a high heel shoe on a wooden step...going away...fading into the distance. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because she went barefooted, the soles of her feet were calloused, but the toes were straight, never having known the pinch of new shoes or any kind of foot covering. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She has worn through three additional pairs of running shoes. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

But in the morning our shoes were filled with nuts and candy, and each one of us had a small gift wrapped in green paper tied with ribbon. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The bottom of our staircase was lined with baskets of miniature candy, and when Mr. Pirzada removed his shoes he did not place them there as he normally did, but inside the closet instead. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Ess wanted to show him her bracelet, her mama, and point out her own shoes, which she sometimes liked to visit. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Salva’s shoes stood no chance against the hot stony desert ground. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She eased out of bed, laced her shoes, and ran eight miles through the suburb, past pubs and butcher shops that were still shuttered in the early light. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He was short and stooped, but his face smiled at me through his wrinkles. “—you need shoes.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Besides, few shoemakers will do repairs, or if they do, you have to wait four months for your shoes, which might very well have disappeared in the meantime. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, I hear you. Your mom always had it together. Her nails, her hair, and her shoes always matched!” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before heading home, he took his shoe off, carefully wiped it down, and placed it in his backpack before slipping on his flip-flops and starting the two-mile walk back home. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I wear double-breasted Italian suits and custom-made English shoes. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Corinthians was careful; she carried no shopping bag of shoes, aprons, or uniforms. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had to buy shoes one size smaller, shorten his trousers, and have a tuck taken in his shirtsleeves. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They lean against their bags, shoes kicked off, three small children lying beneath blankets next to them. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

The cobbled street presses up irregularly against Marie-Laure’s shoes; the tip of her cane catches, vibrates, catches again. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The shoes were impeccably shined; the pants had a fresh crease. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her dress was ripped and slightly scorched and she wore only one shoe. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“You’re not expecting me to run that, are you? I may never want to put on a pair of running shoes again.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She pictures her son working in a crisp shirt and shiny shoes. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Then he watched her flat black shoes go up the long aisle to the front of the room. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

No shoe boxes with red cutout hearts for your drugstore valentines. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

He remembered the feel of the gravel through his thin-soled shoes, he could feel it now, and the icy touch of the handcuffs on his wrists. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The sand was thick over his black shoes and the heat hit him. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

When we were done, there were one hundred shoe boxes stacked in our living room, full of three hundred cards each. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh wait, I forgot. Stiffs don’t do that sort of thing. They just tie each other’s shoes and cut each other’s hair.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Canton wore brown shoes that looked like someone shined them ten minutes ago. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

I can deal with a little discomfort, and she doesn’t need to worry about getting me shoes right now. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“He tried to steal my shoe,” she whined. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

The soles of my shoes stuck slightly as I walked. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It soaks through Mark’s shoes and socks, the bottom of his pants, and he feels its warmth, then its full heat. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I clear my throat and catch a quick look at myself in the mirror: that new red shirt and those jeans, my boring new slip-on shoes. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Instead, I cleaned off my shoes with the towel Coach Fortes found me, got dressed, and headed to geometry. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Lillian had already gotten up and was putting on her robe and house shoes in preparation for the impending predawn ritual at the tree. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shoes he’d never bothered to put back on dangled from the fingertips of his other hand. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Why not sell apples or song sheets, or shine shoes? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were dancing shoes—real ballet slippers, not just what Adelaide had, but the kind they have in books, the kind where you can wrap the ribbon around your ankles. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Okay, let me put on my shoes. I thought you were going to tell me you’d killed someone.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

You step out of your own shoes and put on someone else’s because you’re trying to BE that person for a moment. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The straps on her shoes had been cut off to look like flats, but they looked worn out, was what they looked like. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she walked to the table, her cloth shoes making no sound on the cold stone floor, her pulse quickened with curiosity. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Malloy needs help at his shoe repair store,” I say. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Otherwise their clothes, especially their tights, platform shoes, and ratty hairstyles were as frenzied as they were filthy. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

“They’re supposed to be running shoes. I never run in them.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“Look, the kid needs shoes. He could step on broken glass or rusty nails... or even a cottonmouth.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She draped the necklace across the wooden floor in between the lipstick and shoes. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He put wet clay in her shoes and made her spend the entire day walking around in them. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I put my clean feet into some socks and tied my shoes. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I had to wait four months for these shoes. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“They don’t even know where we hang the leash. And they don’t wear shoes.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

As I lay there trying to stay sane, I saw my running shoes sitting neatly beside my bed. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Oh, no, they want the nice boys with hair oil and new shoes that have fathers with suits and ties and steady jobs. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I put my shoes on and took my air-raid hood with me. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

At thirty-four minutes by his wrist- watch, he puts on his shoes and a hat that belonged to his father. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

And she went after him in ill-considered shoes, brave and completely unprepared. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

And yet there was such color and sound, such life: wren men with their caged birds, dream men blowing colored dust, children with their shoe harps making music just by running. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“I can arrange it. For a pittance: your shoes. I’ll give you another pair.” Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lolo’s shoes are always by the kitchen door. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“You can keep your shoestrings, but we’ll put the shoes in the pile. How’s that? If you get to keep something?” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Real shoes became a thing of dreams for me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I wear a size nine dress and a size six shoe, which my mother finds em­barrassingly big. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shadow nodded, and he waited for the other shoe to drop. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“A little more practice,” Mr. Ballard said, “and you’ll be a better thrower than President LBJ ever hoped to be. You come by anytime, okay? The shoes will always be waiting for you.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Her hard-baked shoes were slippery, and her sodden knapsack seemed to weigh a ton. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

When it was a dream of new shoes. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I slipped my soggy socks back into my shoes and wiped the sweat from my forehead. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She took in his patent-leather shoes and his gold pinkie ring. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“True, but unless you’re in his shoes, don’t judge him. It’s easier to fall into that life than it is to stay outta it, especially in a situation like his. Now, one more question.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The policeman looked at Aretha, who was licking his shiny black shoe. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Cole studied the bay as he removed his shoes and pulled off his clothes. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

His shirt, tie, and shoes were color- coordinated, evidence that Vera had dressed him for the occasion. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Legs was carrying one of Dante’s shoes in her mouth. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Just inside the auditorium, Noah bent down to tie his shoe, and Ethan tripped over him. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

She was wearing a bright white embroidered blouse and shoes made of black velvet with square toes and a dainty string tying them to her ankles. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Madame says, “Really, Hubert, it’s gloomy as a graveyard in here,” but Marie-Laure ventures a bit farther, the soles of her shoes slipping, the floor angling down, and then her shoes touch water. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“But my shoe doesn’t fit anymore so they can have it for their pie.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their shoes were open-toed sandals, proving that—yes, indeed—they had snakes for feet. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

They put on their stockings and shoes while she made the beds. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she leans against the wall, pulling on her shoes and looking at the asphalt. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

John picked up his shoes and plopped them into the box the shoe skates came in. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

"Put on your vigs! Put on your gloves! Put on your shoes!" The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Madam smiled in triumph as she read the note, then told me to clean her best shoes. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Even after we finally chose the cream, we’d be late, because at the last minute Grandma would panic and drive to Cousin Donna’s to borrow her cream shoes, which had a lower heel.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He had come to the house and removed his shoes and socks—well, she would show him then. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He scooped a plastic spoonful of baked beans from his can and dumped it onto her shoe. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

The rest of the house was quiet, so he slipped a blanket around his shoulders, put on his shoes, lit a candle, and went to investigate. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

My shoes tap along the paving stones, the wind moaning through the missing windows. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The tree transformed into my truck, full of merchandise—piles of blouses and skirts and shoes, and I bounced on the limb, beeping and roaring my engine to far- off places like Quito and Colombia. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He ran back to catch up with Ned, who was also dressed in dripping shorts and holding only his shoes. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I gouged at his leg with the sharp heel of my shoe. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I did not stuff my feet into my shoes. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leo could tell this was in the past, because all the girls wore dresses and buckled leather shoes. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I kick out my feet and stare at the white bows on my shoes. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

When questioned about the smoke and the smell, the director of the Hadamar killing center explained to the townspeople that his men were burning old shoes and other articles that contained petroleum. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I am suddenly self-conscious in my prim blouse and modest skirt, my sensible shoes and churchy earrings. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

A pair of her shoes sits neatly in the corner. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

My clothes had been washed and ironed, my shoes wiped clean of mud and muck. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Road stones crunched under the soles of my shoes. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Inside each shoe was a little paper package addressed to its owner. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

My parents approach me with a pair of shiny white shoes on a satin pillow. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Wearing black leather dress shoes, pants, and white shirt, he looked nothing like a country boy from the Delta. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“I wish I were in your shoes. College is the best time of life. I hope you’re ready for all the girls.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I stuff clothes and jackets and shoes into a duffel bag. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Exhausted, his feet clotted with pain, he sat down at the curbside to take off his shoes. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Jule took her shoes off and stood still with her toes in the sea. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I learned that socks are stealthier transportation than shoes. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I got dressed, and then we moved to the entryway to pull on coats and shoes. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Oliver made a face as he shrugged on his puffy blue jacket and laced up his gym sneakers, shoes his sisters described as “disgusting” and “foul.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He wore a faded Miami Heat basketball jersey and dirty khaki shorts, and here was the odd part: no shoes. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled on my warm-ups and slipped my feet into my running shoes. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

"This kid will steal the shoes off your feet while you're running after him to get your purse back." The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He thumbed a smudge on his left shoe. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I can get most of the butter off the shoe lining, with a washcloth or some toilet paper from the bathroom, tomorrow. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in his navy-blue city uniform and struggling to put on his shoes. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

My heavy shoes made a terrible loud noise on the wood. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the shoe stand, Sterling did not give his usual cordial greeting. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

His shoes were black leather, and they were polished to such a shine that they looked like dark mirrors: you could see the moon reflected in them, tiny and half full. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

The judge and Papa ran over to help him with his shoes. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m putting on my shoes at the very moment the sky opens up and it starts to pour. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

For a second they stared down at the juice, dribbled like car oil across their shoes. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked strange, too, like the missionary ladies at our school who were insolent and bossy in their too-tall shoes, foreign clothes, and short hair. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just hot in the midday sun, anxious to be out of my shoes, eager to be on the islands again. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

His shoes kicked lightly against the yellow oak wood, his sludge-brown socks, garterless, collapsed in sagging circles below ankles that were surprisingly small and white. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Mother didn’t even kick off her shoes, just rushed to the kitchen and began shuffling pans to fix a real dinner. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Turner saw a woman with a little girl at her side talking to a shop assistant who displayed a different shoe in the palm of each hand. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The man has just come out of a shoe repair shop and is shaking his head. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Just...just getting medicine for my brother,” Stella replied, looking down at her shoes. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

If she has no wool for the darning and the stockings are dark we can blacken our ankles with shoe polish for the respectability that’s in it. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

It’s larger than Finch’s but packed full of clothes, shoes, purses, jackets. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Since the hospital is directly across Tatarska, it’s no trouble for them to run home for a change of shoes. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

First, while sorting Nancy’s clothes, Mrs. Elaine Selsor, her aunt, had found tucked in the toe of a shoe a gold wristwatch. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

She has a black dress and white petticoat and shoes and stockings in it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Must be a hundred degrees up there,” a big man said, kicking off his shoes. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Let’s see that ankle,” she said, and untied my shoe with her nervous hands, which hurt because my ankle was a little swollen and looked more yellow than it should have. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were thinking, New shoes, Thomas Garrett, Quaker, Wilmington—what foolishness was this? Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She actually did trip on her dress, and her shoes cut into her heels quite terribly, but he would hear none of her objections as he dragged her into the hall. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“That’s going to happen all over New York pretty soon. The wetter the city gets, the more people’ll need nice dry shoes. Hey, it’s a family. Look at that: Daddy, Mommy, and baby.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

She has six identical outfits in the closet, and two more pair of shoes. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pictures them slipping from their sockets and moving before her in a steady gait, still wearing their rubber-soled shoes, their white-ribbed stockings. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put my books under my shirt, took off my shoes, and ran from tree to tree. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

By the time he stopped, my shoes were full of sand, so I kicked them aside and peeled off my socks. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I shrugged and glanced down at my tattered shoes. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

It was resting on its stomach on the shoe box that housed the toy soldiers. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Now I’ve got to change my shoes and walk all the way up to the lumberyard in this heat,” she said, as if she hadn’t brought it all on herself. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if he would have contacted me anyway—I doubt that I would, if I were in his shoes. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

How many mill towns saw their mills close; how many shoe towns saw the shoe industry move elsewhere; how many towns that were once textile powerhouses now buy all their linens from China? The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

The shoes passed a certain point in popularity and they tipped. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Did you not see my feet in your shoes? And the way I walked in them? I looked like I was on stilts!” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Now and then he felt his shoes sink into a soft, cushy substance. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I put my shoes on, over my stockings and my peeled feet. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

At Francis’s apartment I found him dressed except for his shoes, lying on his bed. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

At dawn, my brothers and I scrambled to get the presents that had been placed next to our shoes. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The floor was littered with blankets and pillows and shoes and board games and plastic bowls with popcorn kernels and pretzel crumbs in the bottom. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“It was hot,” I conceded, staring at my shoes. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

The three of us eating on cement blocks, waving away flies that supposedly puke on you every time they land, wearing the exact same clothes and stupid white shoes. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He smiles a real quick shy smile, and then he looks down at his shoes. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

He made them take off their shoes and stockings and stand in their bare feet on his green carpet while they sawed away. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t see daylight because the soles of shoes cover every inch of glass above us. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I just race back into the house, pull on some socks and shoes, brush my teeth, tell my parents I'm going to school early, and hurry into Tiny's car. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

The floor was cold beneath the thin soles of her shoes, but she was used to the cold; it no longer bothered her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

But with the Hells Angel on the slab I kept my eyes lowered and stared down at my shoes. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Their gallants— young squires in the height of fashion, many of them wearing Mordred’s badge as Thrashers—came mincing in with their long-toed shoes, in which it was impossible to walk upstairs. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

They walk a short way down an adjoining passageway, layers of mud sticking to Bailey’s formerly shiny shoes. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

About an hour later Mrs. Oakes walked up the driveway from her cottage, carrying a string bag with her working shoes and apron, and a little parcel of tidbits for the animals. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I push past the shoe boxes full of dream books and no-good lottery tickets and fabric scraps, and go for the one marked with my dad’s name—Gregory. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Mom must have been here, because someone has taken off my shoes, and the down comforter is tucked around me. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But people think that the shoe fits better on you.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The floor was cold beneath their feet, and they wore their dusty shoes until bedtime. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I have to wear white baby shoes even though I’m not a baby. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She limped after them in her mother’s tiny shoes. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He's got his foot on your throat, you gonna lick his shoe? The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He wasn’t wearing any shoes,” Roy said, “and he was running like crazy.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And look at these shoes they making now, she say. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I find Aliya in the hall, arranging guest shoes in neat rows, and ask her to tell Fizz that I’m sorry, but I had to leave because of not feeling well. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The same usher women with their ashy-looking stockings and white shoes. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Is your shirt supposed to match your shoes or is that your purse? Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

To help some of them conceal their big feet—and their coming growth spurts—Woolf started up a black market in his shoes. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put it on, without a shirt, shoes, or socks, and walked out through the patio doors, into the backyard. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she pulled on her red jacket and tied the frayed and knotted laces of her shoes, she thought about it. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

His nose is the broken red heel of my mother’s shoe. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Vines tore from the ground, and Tally could feel their complaints through the soles of her shoes, like a distant earthquake rumbling. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

She wears a long handmade dress that drags at the hem, and little heeled shoes that probably leave sores on her big toes. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“Would you like me in my shoes or out, when I stand against the wall?” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He knows I’m not one of the barefoot boys and he makes me go back to the yard, bring in the shoes and put them on. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He had put on a ball cap, a pair of khaki trousers, and his old deck shoes. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

In the crook of his arm, the shoe box buckled. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Tears froze on his cheeks, and the cold pounded against his forehead as he trudged along, weighted by the heavy, oversized shoes and the many layers of clothing. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girls wore pleated gymdresses with badges, snow-white shirts, caps with badges, blazers with badges, ties matching badges, shining black and brown shoes. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The one who hit me over the head with her shoe.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

For this reason I have more than the usual amount of sympathy when I crush them with my shoe. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Her knees bent under the force of braking, her grippy shoes squealing as they slipped across the riding surface, her body turning almost parallel to the ground. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The shoes seemed blindingly, tragically white, as fresh as wet paint. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama watched for the sales and then gathered all us children every so often to buy shoes there. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

But those are huge shoes to fill, so if we’re going to take their name, we better take their courage and conviction. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Around her were scattered twenty or so pairs of shoes, in all sizes. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

They’d taken his belt and tie as well as his shoes and he looked a little like he was in his pajamas. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Other moms and dads are dressed in power suits and shoes that glisten. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

And so Estha was Returned in a train with his tin trunk and his beige and pointy shoes rolled into his khaki holdall. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The neighbor downstairs had been awakened by the clatter of their shoes on the floor. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Then the loud cry of the seagulls turned into garbled gibberish as they tugged at his shirt and shoes. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

She was wearing lipstick, mascara, and a little blush on her cheeks, and her clothes were altogether unlike anything I had ever seen her in: a white T-shirt, blue jeans, and flat black shoes. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

The kid took his wallet, money, phone, shoes, coat. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

But then I thought: If you hit a Talib with your shoe, there is no difference between him and you. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She didn’t even bother to remove her shoes. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

"Everything fit perfectly, Amit. I'm not sure how you did that. Thanks for the bracelets and earrings, too. And the shoes." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She leaves, and I hear her walk down the hallway to her room and close the door, and I wonder if she will even notice the down-turned picture or her out-of-place shoes. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I picked up my toes-to-the-carpet shoes and hurled them at the window. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The sole of my right shoe had come loose and flapped with each step. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I put the orange shoe back—they were even more!—and turned to face her. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I open my eyes and push back against Jake, almost tripping over my shoes. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I put on my shoes and laced them tightly. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

As she put on her shoes she checked for her man’s knife and matches. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have to stop and ask someone how to get to the shoe trees. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

In South Carol-liney, if there was some nice smooth water like this big pond, folks would jus’ willy-nilly pull their shoes off and dip their foots in the water, then go home. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

He sat on his stool and unlaced the pair of shoes I was wearing. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When Ruth was naked and lying there as moist and crumbly as unbleached sugar, he bent to unlace her shoes. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

And a man’s work shirt, cotton flannel, and boys’ tennis shoes. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

After the boy and the blue slush, after the strappy heeled shoe and the blood on the sidewalk, after that boy had fallen, Julietta West Williams had disappeared from the state of Alabama. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Shin's primary preescape preparation was to steal warm clothes, along with new shoes, from a fellow prisoner. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

His toes, which peeked through leather slippers, seemed feminine, perhaps because they were so clean; they belonged to feet that always wore shoes. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He wore a pair of fine, polished patent leather dress shoes, silk dress socks, creased trousers, and had a pocket-watch chain dangling from the pocket. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

After he drops it on top of my discarded dress, he steps out of his shoes and kicks them aside, then kneels in front of me to take mine off, too. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

The floor here is old tile, and even through my shoe soles, it feels grainy with dirt and dust. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She pulls off her shoe and takes out the three pennies. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

They walked slowly through the bustling crowd, looking closely at people’s pants and shoes. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s late, the hand is harsh, and I place my shoes on my feet before I go to answer it. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

As a white woman in Kinshasa I present possibilities, but even a black woman with my same purse and leather shoes would be approached on the street. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stepped out of my panties, socks, and patent-leather shoes and ran into the shower. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“You can have all the shoes, then. I’ll keep Daddy’s watch and you can have Mommy’s.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

And the aged lord, without a word, shambled silently away, his old velvet shoes flapping and off at his heels, coughing as he went. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Sing Sing, it was clear from watching the training officers, did not care much about the polish on your shoes or the crease in your shirt or the length of your hair. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Abue says not a word about my sudden need for shoes. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

As she ran, one of her heels came off her shoe. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I stared at my shoes, wondering what had happened, and why, whenever I looked up, there was always someone staring at me as if I was a freak. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

"I wish I could send what my older brother's shoes smell like," Sasha said. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

I went to Mama, and she must have believed me, because Addison got punished, and I got the shoes back. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, just to be sure, he put his shoes on top of his pile of clothes. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

I felt brisk strokes of his brush across the toe of my shoe. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grabbed my shoes and the rest of my clothes and boarding pass in a bundle under one arm and walked out from behind the screen. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Santa ground the heel of her shoe into Mrs. Reilly’s ankle. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Richard has even polished my shoes for me with his special shoe brush. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I slipped my hard black dress shoes off, glad I didn’t have any holes in my socks. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

They have mud on their shoes, and lint on their clothes, and their hair falls out without their even knowing it. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom calls out that I’m not wearing shoes, but I ignore her and swing open the flimsy wooden door. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Our people had lived off the land and counted on cotton-picking and hoeing and chopping seasons to bring in the cash needed to buy shoes, clothes, books and light farm equipment. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

My classmate David Uosikkinen, who would become the drummer for the rock band the Hooters, wore platform shoes; I apparently believed I could pull off the same look. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

In fact, she crossed one foot over the other and, looking down, aligned the toes of her shoes. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Past a child’s shoe abandoned on the path. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s why you think I’m rich? Because I like shiny shoes?” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

And if she had thought about it, she would have put the pieces together: the woodsman on the path, the sudden appearance of the red shoes. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z